diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: forcats
 Title: Tools for Working with Categorical Variables (Factors)
-Version: 0.3.0.9000
+Version: 0.4.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
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-# forcats 0.3.0.9000
+# forcats 0.4.0
 
 ## New features