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 471d705..38bada0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/MIND-Studio/chat/compare/v0.3.0...v0.4.0) (2026-06-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* adopt brand lockup + canonical icons (ui[#29](https://github.com/MIND-Studio/chat/issues/29) wave 2) ([#15](https://github.com/MIND-Studio/chat/issues/15)) ([79e8ff5](https://github.com/MIND-Studio/chat/commit/79e8ff59a27d01521cbc8bf34cadf94ec49aa124))
+
 ## [0.3.0](https://github.com/MIND-Studio/chat/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2026-06-20)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ec4df12..712688b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "chat",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "chat",
-      "version": "0.3.0",
+      "version": "0.4.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@inrupt/solid-client": "^3.0.0",
         "@inrupt/solid-client-authn-browser": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 186d1c0..500d393 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "chat",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev --port 3030",