diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.3.0"
+    ".": "0.4.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 94da1e1f0..a9b725ad3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,43 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/compare/v0.3.0...v0.4.0) (2024-06-18)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **validate:** #408 create resources in kubernetes domain ([#415](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/415))
+
+### Features
+
+* **validate:** [#408](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/408) create resources in kubernetes domain ([#415](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/415)) ([bd8d72b](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/bd8d72b1d3c31bbcf7fb9cdbc8fdfc38fccfcabb))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **commitlint:** pinned dependency issue by extracting into package(-… ([#454](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/454)) ([17ac8ca](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/17ac8ca76c081f2d385a8dca4bd35ced8cbbf70d))
+* **evaluate:** establish threshold for assessment results result ([#457](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/457)) ([4571cb8](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/4571cb88a7fa1828387edbb7f35b44b65e09ad4f))
+* **generate:** resolve parent flag options properly ([#442](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/442)) ([5850115](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/585011577ffcc9426a694296d631d29bc88b1f99))
+* **validate:** fix related observations when empty ([#448](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/448)) ([f6f6993](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/f6f699312b1dfaa1190292143a039c105f5d5293))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **actions:** fix code scanning alerts ([#446](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/446)) ([aa568c7](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/aa568c76f9667195a0f106a4762f3ff315dc1666))
+* **deps:** update dependency linkinator to v6.0.5 ([#458](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/458)) ([dfa1cbe](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/dfa1cbef30c40ccdba1b46915fd63aebc080f6e0))
+* **deps:** update dependency markdownlint-cli to v0.41.0 ([#443](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/443)) ([27c0e94](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/27c0e947d3e9cf92a24687251acd786732e1a441))
+* **deps:** update dependency prettier to v3.3.1 ([#459](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/459)) ([c999b78](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/c999b78c945e73ea1c5e93d269341e7c2c953e17))
+* **deps:** update github/codeql-action action to v3.25.10 ([#476](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/476)) ([e2e74eb](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/e2e74eb473a6b2a315f908f21c4e2e56bd9e8b82))
+* **deps:** update github/codeql-action action to v3.25.7 ([#452](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/452)) ([2583eea](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/2583eea6200f305c74ae214576188c424d39f749))
+* **deps:** update github/codeql-action action to v3.25.8 ([#463](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/463)) ([0e7f844](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/0e7f844079826ac7fde2f5572cc5c48f377917a0))
+* **deps:** update googleapis/release-please-action digest to 7987652 ([#472](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/472)) ([d50b034](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/d50b034802114ac3b1f3f26f50ec90640ee2f88a))
+* **deps:** update goreleaser/goreleaser-action action to v6 ([#464](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/464)) ([e74b9d5](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/e74b9d53add588a4ddb83138b04e4e9ca263dae6))
+* **deps:** update kubernetes packages to v0.30.2 ([#477](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/477)) ([679d2c8](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/679d2c8b684f07c7098465c14ffbbfd1c3e7d73b))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json to v0.0.3 ([#453](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/453)) ([1dc96e8](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/1dc96e832aa29a1d126a2b4f4d620aa006c8fec1))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/open-policy-agent/opa to v0.65.0 ([#451](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/451)) ([7867a3c](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/7867a3c36826eaa264106434f993f37597ffd8e7))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/spf13/cobra to v1.8.1 ([#485](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/485)) ([aaeba70](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/aaeba704b966ec65725f606647304482a77b9212))
+* **docs:** cleanup unused readme conflicting in docs build ([#489](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/489)) ([19a3f61](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/19a3f61738a3812fa859aefcc86fdc53fa7c8246))
+* fix documentation links ([#487](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/issues/487)) ([4f96ec5](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/commit/4f96ec5a8ebcbd9a7eb921a5e96db396c4967a02))
+
 ## [0.3.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula/compare/v0.2.1...v0.3.0) (2024-05-24)