diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 63843db..cb08dbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+
+## [0.4.0] - 2026-07-22
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - `create_table` (and thus `upload_file`) now uses the `hotdata` SDK's presigned
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11c4376..34cd371 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Use [Ibis](https://ibis-project.org/) to create on-demand databases, upload data, and query with Python expressions — get pandas or Arrow results back without writing SQL.
 
-**Requirements:** Python 3.10+, **ibis-framework** ≥12,<13, **hotdata** ≥0.7,<0.8.
+**Requirements:** Python 3.10+, **ibis-framework** ≥12,<13, **hotdata** ≥0.7,<0.9.
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -283,10 +283,10 @@ SQL compilation uses Ibis's Postgres dialect. Column types returned by Hotdata's
 ```bash
 uv sync   # installs dev group (pytest, ruff, httpx)
 uv run pytest
-uv run ruff check src tests
+uv run ruff check src tests examples
 ```
 
-CI: `uv sync --locked && uv run pytest`.
+CI: `uv sync --all-groups && uv run pytest -v`.
 
 ## Examples
 
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ uv run python examples/02_execute_sql.py 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM tpch.tpch_sf
 uv run python examples/03_connect_via_url.py
 uv run python examples/04_ibis_table_workflows.py
 uv run python examples/05_roundtrip_demo.py
+uv run python examples/06_semantic_search.py
 ```
 
 ## References
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ca6907..8d99aa3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "hotdata-ibis"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.4.0"
 description = "Ibis backend for Hotdata federated SQL API (depends on the hotdata SDK only; not hotdata-framework)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f6a2d46..0da7ae2 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotdata-ibis"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "hotdata" },