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"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58bc5f5..fe2eb9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/compare/infs-v0.3.0...infs-v0.4.0) (2026-04-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add .env file support for provider credentials ([8c02842](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/8c02842a82af2078067898c70a216cf15a8d59a0))
+* add .env file support for provider credentials ([8fdc998](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/8fdc99814bd9cd476b66a57e1768440039998afb))
+* add Chocolatey package support with installation and uninstallation scripts ([90cdd83](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/90cdd830dacf656a4b1676d26ebfaea4bf58531e))
+* add support for file input and output in multimodal models, including streaming responses and pagination ([e3f46f9](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/e3f46f96b75054527502da22070949d273dc5909))
+* implement pagination support for app listing across providers ([b41d5dd](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/b41d5dd8cbfd1405ebb7671e305baa55d671e3d4))
+* improve app list provider discovery ([bdb5f69](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/bdb5f69ca62e4bb4b9a8c6bfc1f03da85a075ec5))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* disable environment loading in load_config function ([b838f78](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/b838f7827a91987b6645fe5d435204c1506ee2e8))
+* handle infs-v prefix in version tag parsing ([930cd7a](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/930cd7a31eba08e4d5bb288a98d9fd2fdfdc5092))
+* honor --no-env and stabilize dotenv tests ([ef0249e](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/ef0249e4dc1ef0134af18206178d03b2227c930e))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* add .env file support and update documentation ([1ea0f25](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/1ea0f25ac12eca02fdadc3dea5db8c3f2ba89b05))
+* add comprehensive .env usage documentation ([70ee1bf](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/70ee1bf419b097f4f3fb94b0db13230489fd9151))
+* require README updates for user-facing changes ([90618cf](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/commit/90618cf0ebb94ae0ffe88acfeb3480195f8058ac))
+
 ## [0.3.0](https://github.com/dvaJi/infera/compare/infs-v0.2.0...infs-v0.3.0) (2026-03-22)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fad43b0..b1c2e73 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "infs"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 687ac0a..d95572d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "infs"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.75"
 description = "A fast, provider-agnostic CLI for AI apps and models"