diff --git a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
index c410a2cf7..d285e059a 100644
--- a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
+## [4.0.0](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/4.0.0) - Release Date: [2024-02-27]
+
+### 🏗️ Breaking changes
+
+- Distribute defaults across multiple files - [#438](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/438)
+
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- Distribute defaults across multiple files - [#438](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/438)
+
+
+
+
+
+
 ## [3.2.4](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/3.2.4) - Release Date: [2024-02-26]
 
 ### 🐛 Fixes
diff --git a/kpops/__init__.py b/kpops/__init__.py
index aa273be52..3d6d2af78 100644
--- a/kpops/__init__.py
+++ b/kpops/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.2.4"
+__version__ = "4.0.0"
 
 # export public API functions
 from kpops.cli.main import clean, deploy, destroy, generate, manifest, reset
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 98e3bf674..257a5ebf2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kpops"
-version = "3.2.4"
+version = "4.0.0"
 description = "KPOps is a tool to deploy Kafka pipelines to Kubernetes"
 authors = ["bakdata <opensource@bakdata.com>"]
 license = "MIT"