diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index c313fd6..16502c3 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"3.1.1"}
+{".":"4.0.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3ef5b15..c904934 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Hetzner Cloud Ansible Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v4.0.0
+======
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- Drop support for ansible-core 2.14.
+
 v3.1.1
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 235544b..c19395d 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -549,3 +549,10 @@ releases:
     fragments:
     - inventory-fix-serialization.yml
     release_date: '2024-04-16'
+  4.0.0:
+    changes:
+      breaking_changes:
+      - Drop support for ansible-core 2.14.
+    fragments:
+    - drop-support-for-ansible-core-2.14.yml
+    release_date: '2024-06-11'
diff --git a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
index 7b8a0b5..732bf3b 100644
--- a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
+++ b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/3.1.1...4.0.0) (2024-06-11)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* drop support for ansible-core 2.14 ([#512](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/512))
+
+### Features
+
+* drop support for ansible-core 2.14 ([#512](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/512)) ([8157f9a](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/8157f9a250947a7a9b7b3acdb50f78ed28a22903))
+
 ## [3.1.1](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/3.1.0...3.1.1) (2024-04-16)
 
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/drop-support-for-ansible-core-2.14.yml b/changelogs/fragments/drop-support-for-ansible-core-2.14.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a25e618..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/drop-support-for-ansible-core-2.14.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-  - Drop support for ansible-core 2.14.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index ae40c37..cd421ff 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace: hetzner
 name: hcloud
-version: 3.1.1
+version: 4.0.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Hetzner Cloud (github.com/hetznercloud)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/version.py b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
index 0bf9035..8539af7 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-version = "3.1.1"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "4.0.0"  # x-release-please-version