diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7577b9ae5..094df739e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootc-lib"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index ffe00a73c..08ffc5251 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc"
 # The intention is we'll follow semver here, even though this
 # project isn't actually published as a crate.
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 # In general we try to keep this pinned to what's in the latest RHEL9.
 # However right now, we bumped to 1.82 as that's what composefs-rs uses.
 rust-version = "1.82.0"