diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1600eeff..4288380a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry": "0.3.1",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-aws-ssm": "0.1.1",
-  "providers/openfeature-provider-flagd": "0.3.0",
+  "providers/openfeature-provider-flagd": "0.4.0",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-ofrep": "0.2.0",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-flipt": "0.1.3",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-env-var": "0.1.1",
diff --git a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
index 6206da21..a7afc952 100644
--- a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.3.0...openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.4.0) (2026-03-26)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* drop Python 3.9 support ([#364](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/issues/364))
+
+### chore
+
+* drop Python 3.9 support ([#364](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/issues/364)) ([0ecd1d4](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/commit/0ecd1d4c41e96f90b019a76ce9c3b1f70f2a23a4))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* introduce list for fatal status codes ([#362](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/issues/362)) ([96a88ad](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/commit/96a88ada622fb7941a1d4d58205ff3342180fa9a))
+
 ## [0.3.0](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.2.7...openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.3.0) (2026-03-11)
 
 
diff --git a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
index dcedc3bc..e954b5e1 100644
--- a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
+++ b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "openfeature-provider-flagd"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 description = "OpenFeature provider for the flagd flag evaluation engine"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "OpenFeature", email = "openfeature-core@groups.io" }]