diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4d20436..50af31c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "4.0.0"
+    ".": "4.0.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 16c7e03..bdd71c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.0.1](https://github.com/philips-software/amp-cucumber-cpp-runner/compare/v4.0.0...v4.0.1) (2026-03-12)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* Add [[nodiscard]] attribute to relevant methods for better optimization and added std::move where needed ([#299](https://github.com/philips-software/amp-cucumber-cpp-runner/issues/299)) ([bfefd04](https://github.com/philips-software/amp-cucumber-cpp-runner/commit/bfefd0442ba1069fc43f15253bf2da6a104f951b))
+
 ## [4.0.0](https://github.com/philips-software/amp-cucumber-cpp-runner/compare/v3.1.1...v4.0.0) (2026-03-05)
 
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b23b7f..29c0d02 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake")
 
-project(cucumber-cpp-runner LANGUAGES C CXX VERSION 4.0.0) # x-release-please-version
+project(cucumber-cpp-runner LANGUAGES C CXX VERSION 4.0.1) # x-release-please-version
 
 include(ccr_test_helpers)
 
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index c178fd4..7c029c9 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sonar.organization=philips-software
 sonar.projectName=amp-cucumber-cpp-runner
 
 # x-release-please-start-version
-sonar.projectVersion=4.0.0
+sonar.projectVersion=4.0.1
 # x-release-please-end
 
 sonar.links.homepage=https://github.com/philips-software/amp-cucumber-cpp-runner