diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index f059221..05138af 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -266,3 +266,5 @@ Version 0.3.4
 - automatically detect type of image if no file extension is available
 - introduced libskindesignerapi
 
+Version 0.4.0
+
diff --git a/skindesigner.c b/skindesigner.c
index 60ca711..6158fbb 100644
--- a/skindesigner.c
+++ b/skindesigner.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
-static const char *VERSION        = "0.3.4";
+static const char *VERSION        = "0.4.0";
 static const char *DESCRIPTION    = trNOOP("Skin Designer");
 
 class cPluginSkinDesigner : public cPlugin, public skindesignerapi::SkindesignerAPI {