diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 7e105012..91dbb27a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 4.0.0 (released 2024-02-19)
+
+- major bump on invenio-users-resources
+
 Version 3.0.1 (released 2024-02-16)
 
 - calculated: make easier to support backwards compatibility
diff --git a/invenio_requests/__init__.py b/invenio_requests/__init__.py
index e3450340..48c2ed6e 100644
--- a/invenio_requests/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_requests/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     current_requests_service,
 )
 
-__version__ = "3.0.1"
+__version__ = "4.0.0"
 
 __all__ = (
     "__version__",