diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 74fee08..5ed8faa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22.1 FATAL_ERROR)
 #============================================================================
 # Initialize the project
 #============================================================================
-project(gz-utils3 VERSION 3.0.0)
+project(gz-utils4 VERSION 4.0.0)
 
 #============================================================================
 # Find gz-cmake
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ find_package(gz-cmake4 REQUIRED)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
-gz_configure_project(VERSION_SUFFIX)
+gz_configure_project(VERSION_SUFFIX pre1)
 
 #============================================================================
 # Set project-specific options
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 361212d..a23b9fb 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Gazebo Utils 4.x
+
+## Gazebo Utils 4.0.0 (20XX-XX-XX)
+
 ## Gazebo Utils 3.x
 
 ## Gazebo Utils 3.0.0 (2024-09-25)
diff --git a/examples/log/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/log/CMakeLists.txt
index 4baa2c6..ce31dc9 100644
--- a/examples/log/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/log/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22.1 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(gz-utils-logger-demo)
 
 # Find the Gazebo Libraries used directly by the example
-find_package(gz-utils3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS log)
-set(GZ_UTILS_VER ${gz-utils3_VERSION_MAJOR})
+find_package(gz-utils4 REQUIRED COMPONENTS log)
+set(GZ_UTILS_VER ${gz-utils4_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cc)
 target_link_libraries(
diff --git a/examples/using_cli/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/using_cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 837c3d8..8ca6954 100644
--- a/examples/using_cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/using_cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22.1 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(gz-utils-cli-demo)
 
 # Find the Gazebo Libraries used directly by the example
-find_package(gz-utils3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS cli)
-set(GZ_UTILS_VER ${gz-utils3_VERSION_MAJOR})
+find_package(gz-utils4 REQUIRED COMPONENTS cli)
+set(GZ_UTILS_VER ${gz-utils4_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cc)
 target_link_libraries(
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 52ae53d..9753312 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package format="2">
-  <name>gz-utils3</name>
-  <version>3.0.0</version>
+  <name>gz-utils4</name>
+  <version>4.0.0</version>
   <description>Gazebo Utils : Classes and functions for robot applications</description>
 
   <maintainer email="addisu@openrobotics.org">Addizu Z. Taddese</maintainer>