diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9049e2fd..4c313f93 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.3.1"
+  ".": "1.4.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 305f642a..64865dde 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.4.0](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/compare/v1.3.1...v1.4.0) (2025-11-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add ergonomic .simple accessor to all ADCPClient instances ([#32](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/issues/32)) ([5404325](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/commit/54043251e86b44264070c37025d5bd9407bb906b))
+
 ## [1.3.1](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/compare/v1.3.0...v1.3.1) (2025-11-10)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40c79872..c05842ec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "adcp"
-version = "1.3.1"
+version = "1.4.0"
 description = "Official Python client for the Ad Context Protocol (AdCP)"
 authors = [
     {name = "AdCP Community", email = "maintainers@adcontextprotocol.org"}
diff --git a/src/adcp/__init__.py b/src/adcp/__init__.py
index e7ff6781..1a7f0aa9 100644
--- a/src/adcp/__init__.py
+++ b/src/adcp/__init__.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     TaskStatus as GeneratedTaskStatus,
 )
 
-__version__ = "1.3.1"
+__version__ = "1.4.0"
 
 __all__ = [
     # Client classes