diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 816df2d..2537c1f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.3.1"
+  ".": "0.4.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d40c74b..9f02933 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/soilwise-he/metadata-validator/compare/v0.3.1...v0.4.0) (2026-04-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* enhance validation status and include HTML report ([6625ed8](https://github.com/soilwise-he/metadata-validator/commit/6625ed8d1571cf6856fa3872df76c6dc63b142d3))
+
 ## [0.3.1](https://github.com/soilwise-he/metadata-validator/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1) (2026-04-28)