diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b527e3497..57bc1c29c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-Release 0.3.0 (unreleased)
---------------------------
+Release 0.4.0 (unreleased)
+-------------------------------------
+
+New Features in 0.4.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Breaking changes in 0.4.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Known issues in 0.4.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Release 0.3.0 (released Jan 22, 2021)
+-------------------------------------
 
 New Features in 0.3.0
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 753d88e8a..230328683 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 attrs==20.2.0
 jinja2==2.11.2
-packaging==20.4
+packaging==20.9
 pexpect==4.8.0
 https://github.com/labgrid-project/pyserial/archive/v3.4.0.1.zip#egg=pyserial
 pytest==6.1.2