diff --git a/.ci/Makefile b/.ci/Makefile
index 48b06792e1..3762875d40 100644
--- a/.ci/Makefile
+++ b/.ci/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ create-arn-file: validate-release-notes-url
 	@RELEASE_NOTES_URL=$(RELEASE_NOTES_URL) ./scripts/create-arn-table.sh
 
 github-release: validate-ref-name
-	echo ../dev-utils/github-release.sh "$(GITHUB_REF_NAME)" "$(AWS_FOLDER)/$(SUFFIX_ARN_FILE)"
+	../dev-utils/github-release.sh "$(GITHUB_REF_NAME)" "$(AWS_FOLDER)/$(SUFFIX_ARN_FILE)"
 
 validate-version:
 ifndef AGENT_VERSION
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 390280b6bf..c1a27bfbb9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif::[]
 ////
 Notes:
 1. When adding a changelog entry, if the "Unreleased" section doesn't yet exist,
-   please add the following under the "=== Node.js Agent version 3.x" header:
+   please add the following under the "=== Node.js Agent version 4.x" header:
 
         ==== Unreleased
 
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Notes:
 
 See the <<upgrade-to-v4>> guide.
 
-==== Unreleased
+[[release-notes-4.0.0]]
+==== 4.0.0 - 2023/09/07
 
 [float]
 ===== Breaking changes
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2385ec1c03..6ac125c6e9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "elastic-apm-node",
-  "version": "4.0.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "4.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "elastic-apm-node",
-      "version": "4.0.0-rc.1",
+      "version": "4.0.0",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "@elastic/ecs-pino-format": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e11e75d6d..746dd95e7b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "elastic-apm-node",
-  "version": "4.0.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "4.0.0",
   "description": "The official Elastic APM agent for Node.js",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",