diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1600eeff..ff1c8ec0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry": "0.3.1",
+  "hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry": "0.4.0",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-aws-ssm": "0.1.1",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-flagd": "0.3.0",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-ofrep": "0.2.0",
diff --git a/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index c12ae2f8..6dbe876b 100644
--- a/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/v0.3.1...openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/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))
+
 ## [0.3.1](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/v0.3.0...openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/v0.3.1) (2026-02-17)
 
 
diff --git a/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/pyproject.toml b/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/pyproject.toml
index d1162595..8956a1cf 100644
--- a/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/pyproject.toml
+++ b/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.4.0"
 description = "OpenTelemetry hooks for the OpenFeature Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "OpenFeature", email = "openfeature-core@groups.io" }]