diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2e224f..dae9041 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# [4.0.0](https://github.com/webtorrent/node-bencode/compare/v3.1.0...v4.0.0) (2023-08-09)
+
+
+### chore
+
+* force major release ([#156](https://github.com/webtorrent/node-bencode/issues/156)) ([a075f8a](https://github.com/webtorrent/node-bencode/commit/a075f8a02408eb4bf82350d1bfce9f0488e15e0e))
+
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* update uint8-util
+
 # [3.1.0](https://github.com/webtorrent/node-bencode/compare/v3.0.3...v3.1.0) (2023-07-31)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0cb4234..2d1a40c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "bencode",
   "description": "Bencode de/encoder",
-  "version": "3.1.0",
+  "version": "4.0.0",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/webtorrent/node-bencode/issues"
   },