diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 444393e..73186a6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/sample-plugin-for-zowe-cli",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "4.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@zowe/sample-plugin-for-zowe-cli",
-      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "version": "4.0.0",
       "license": "EPL-2.0 or Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0-next.202403141949",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 82dc8ea..ea33507 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/sample-plugin-for-zowe-cli",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "4.0.0",
   "description": "A sample plug-in for Zowe CLI :)",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli-sample-plugin#readme",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/release.config.js b/release.config.js
index b6e5a13..c87b08d 100644
--- a/release.config.js
+++ b/release.config.js
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@ module.exports = {
         {
             name: "zowe-v?-lts",
             level: "patch"
+        },
+        {
+            name: "next",
+            leverl: "none",
+            prerelease: true
         }
-        // {
-        //     name: "next",
-        //     prerelease: true
-        // }
     ],
     plugins: [
         "@octorelease/changelog",
         ["@octorelease/npm", {
             aliasTags: {
-                "latest": ["zowe-v2-lts", "next"]
+                "latest": ["zowe-v2-lts"]
             },
             smokeTest: true
         }],