diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9200994..cb1fec8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 # Changelog for Smartgears Distribution
 
-## [v4.0.0-SNAPSHOT] - 2022-03-30
+## [v4.0.0] - 2022-03-30
 
 - moving to smartgears-4.0.0
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 507aa6b..89f5a57 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
 	<artifactId>smartgears-distribution</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>A distribution for the SmartGears Framework</name>
 	<properties>