diff --git a/rcl/package.xml b/rcl/package.xml
index ccdadbe..d0a57d0 100644
--- a/rcl/package.xml
+++ b/rcl/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rcl</name>
-  <version>0.0.3</version>
+  <version>0.4.0</version>
   <description>The ROS client library common implementation.
     This package contains an API which builds on the ROS middleware API and is optionally built upon by the other ROS client libraries.
   </description>
diff --git a/rcl_lifecycle/package.xml b/rcl_lifecycle/package.xml
index 7990b81..023081c 100644
--- a/rcl_lifecycle/package.xml
+++ b/rcl_lifecycle/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rcl_lifecycle</name>
-  <version>0.0.3</version>
+  <version>0.4.0</version>
   <description>Package containing a C-based lifecycle implementation</description>
   <maintainer email="karsten@osrfoundation.org">Karsten Knese</maintainer>
   <license>Apache License 2.0</license>