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 c429274..424e60d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/codesphere-cloud/managed-services-lib/compare/v0.3.1...v0.4.0) (2026-07-21)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* make backups a generic, opt-in provider capability ([#9](https://github.com/codesphere-cloud/managed-services-lib/issues/9))
+
+### Features
+
+* add helpers for k8s jobs and wrappers for backup operations ([#5](https://github.com/codesphere-cloud/managed-services-lib/issues/5)) ([c7ec776](https://github.com/codesphere-cloud/managed-services-lib/commit/c7ec77627d0ee61b0e613dbac559669729d62310))
+* make backups a generic, opt-in provider capability ([#9](https://github.com/codesphere-cloud/managed-services-lib/issues/9)) ([81f16e6](https://github.com/codesphere-cloud/managed-services-lib/commit/81f16e6c370a236f662765e52c405c1ca41cbaa1))
+
 ## [0.3.1](https://github.com/codesphere-cloud/managed-services-lib/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1) (2026-07-15)