diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb4f82c..fa5475d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/stats-forge/github-stats-forge-action/compare/v0.3.0...v0.4.0) (2026-09-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* update `@stats-forge/github-stats-forge-core` to 0.4 ([#12](https://github.com/stats-forge/github-stats-forge-action/issues/12)) ([15ddb76](https://github.com/stats-forge/github-stats-forge-action/commit/15ddb7661ce9c40d26e299f818aa5c2feb11c6e9))
+
 ## [0.3.0](https://github.com/stats-forge/github-stats-forge-action/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2026-09-06)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5367229..67bf438 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "github-stats-forge-action",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Generate GitHub stats cards in GitHub Actions",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/release-please-manifest.json b/release-please-manifest.json
index 0ee8c01..2537c1f 100644
--- a/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.3.0"
+  ".": "0.4.0"
 }