diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c98fcca..60a0e0a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ..
     This file is part of Invenio.
     Copyright (C) 2015-2022 CERN.
+    Copyright (C) 2024 Graz University of Technology.
 
     Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
     under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
@@ -8,6 +9,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 4.0.0 (released 2024-11-29)
+
+- setup: bump major dependencies
+
 Version 3.0.0 (released 2024-11-13)
 
 - i18n:push translations
diff --git a/invenio_access/__init__.py b/invenio_access/__init__.py
index 5b684d6..9d871f0 100644
--- a/invenio_access/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_access/__init__.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
 )
 from .proxies import current_access
 
-__version__ = "3.0.0"
+__version__ = "4.0.0"
 
 __all__ = (
     "__version__",