diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d4f6f29..e6f8775 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.0.0"
+  ".": "4.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dbfafc7..345d5be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # xinetd Cookbook CHANGELOG
 
+## [4.0.0](https://github.com/sous-chefs/xinetd/compare/v3.0.0...v4.0.0) (2026-06-29)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* consumers still carrying older recipe or attribute usage should manage xinetd state through xinetd_install, xinetd_config, xinetd_service, and xinetd_builtin_services resources.
+
+### Features
+
+* complete xinetd resource migration cleanup ([#37](https://github.com/sous-chefs/xinetd/issues/37)) ([247efc7](https://github.com/sous-chefs/xinetd/commit/247efc773692355be2e0537260fe4323eacfd8f5))
+
 ## [3.0.0](https://github.com/sous-chefs/xinetd/compare/v2.1.4...v3.0.0) (2026-04-10)
 
 
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 9a38fb7..0b8e09a 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 maintainer_email  'help@sous-chefs.org'
 license           'Apache-2.0'
 description       'Provides xinetd_install, xinetd_config, xinetd_service, and xinetd_builtin_services resources'
-version           '3.0.0'
+version           '4.0.0'
 source_url        'https://github.com/sous-chefs/xinetd'
 issues_url        'https://github.com/sous-chefs/xinetd/issues'
 chef_version      '>= 15.3'