diff --git a/.buildlibrary b/.buildlibrary
index fb1a42b..a78411a 100644
--- a/.buildlibrary
+++ b/.buildlibrary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '739445'
+ValidationKey: '801840'
 AutocreateReadme: yes
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ AcceptedNotes:
 - Non-standard file/directory found at top level: output
 allowLinterWarnings: yes
 enforceVersionUpdate: no
+skipCoverage: no
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yaml b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
index f6ea5d4..d85a316 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: |
-            any::lucode2
-            any::covr
-            any::madrat
-            any::magclass
-            any::citation
-            any::gms
-            any::goxygen
-            any::GDPuc
+            lucode2
+            covr
+            madrat
+            magclass
+            citation
+            gms
+            goxygen
+            GDPuc
           # piam packages also available on CRAN (madrat, magclass, citation,
           # gms, goxygen, GDPuc) will usually have an outdated binary version
           # available; by using extra-packages we get the newest version
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ jobs:
         shell: Rscript {0}
         run: |
           nonDummyTests <- setdiff(list.files("./tests/testthat/"), c("test-dummy.R", "_snaps"))
-          if(length(nonDummyTests) > 0) covr::codecov(quiet = FALSE)
+          if(length(nonDummyTests) > 0 && !lucode2:::loadBuildLibraryConfig()[["skipCoverage"]]) covr::codecov(quiet = FALSE)
         env:
           NOT_CRAN: "true"
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 5199b96..58abbff 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
 type: software
 title: 'piamValidation: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM'
-version: 0.3.7
-date-released: '2024-09-19'
+version: 0.4.0
+date-released: '2024-11-19'
 abstract: The piamValidation package provides validation tools for the Potsdam Integrated
   Assessment Modelling environment.
 authors:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index a6728fd..73bb9ec 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: piamValidation
 Title: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM
-Version: 0.3.7
-Date: 2024-09-19
+Version: 0.4.0
+Date: 2024-11-19
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Pascal", "Weigmann",, "pascal.weigmann@pik-potsdam.de", role = c("aut", "cre")),
       person("Oliver", "Richters",, role = "aut"))
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index d5c58bc..e481223 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ importFrom(dplyr,ungroup)
 importFrom(ggthemes,theme_tufte)
 importFrom(piamInterfaces,areUnitsIdentical)
 importFrom(piamutils,getSystemFile)
-importFrom(plotly,ggplotly)
 importFrom(readxl,excel_sheets)
 importFrom(readxl,read_excel)
 importFrom(utils,read.csv2)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cb0d88..c698652 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM
 
-R package **piamValidation**, version **0.3.7**
+R package **piamValidation**, version **0.4.0**
 
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/piamValidation)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=piamValidation)  [![R build status](https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation/workflows/check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation/actions) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/piamValidation/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/piamValidation) [![r-universe](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/badges/piamValidation)](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/builds)
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ In case of questions / problems please contact Pascal Weigmann <pascal.weigmann@
 
 To cite package **piamValidation** in publications use:
 
-Weigmann P, Richters O (2024). _piamValidation: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM_. R package version 0.3.7, <https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation>.
+Weigmann P, Richters O (2024). _piamValidation: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM_. R package version 0.4.0, <https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation>.
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
   title = {piamValidation: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM},
   author = {Pascal Weigmann and Oliver Richters},
   year = {2024},
-  note = {R package version 0.3.7},
+  note = {R package version 0.4.0},
   url = {https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation},
 }
 ```
diff --git a/man/validationHeatmap.Rd b/man/validationHeatmap.Rd
index 7c58ab5..0519ea2 100644
--- a/man/validationHeatmap.Rd
+++ b/man/validationHeatmap.Rd
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/summaryHeatmap.R, R/validationHeatmap.R
+% Please edit documentation in R/validationHeatmap.R
 \name{validationHeatmap}
 \alias{validationHeatmap}
-\title{takes the output of "validateScenarios()" and plots heatmaps per variable}
+\title{takes the output of "validateScenarios()" and plots heat maps per variable}
 \usage{
-validationHeatmap(
-  df,
-  main_dim = "variable",
-  x_plot = NULL,
-  y_plot = NULL,
-  x_facet = NULL,
-  y_facet = NULL,
-  interactive = TRUE
-)
-
 validationHeatmap(
   df,
   main_dim = "variable",
@@ -42,16 +32,7 @@ is NULL, arrangement is chosen automatically based on data dimensions}
 \item{y_facet}{choose dimension to display on x-dim of facets}
 
 \item{interactive}{return plots as interactive plotly plots by default}
-
-\item{var}{variable to be plotted}
-
-\item{met}{choose metric from "relative", "difference", "absolute" or
-"growthrate"}
-
-\item{historical}{should this be a plot comparing to historical data}
 }
 \description{
-takes the output of "validateScenarios()" and plots heatmaps per variable
-
 takes the output of "validateScenarios()" and plots heat maps per variable
 }