diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
index 3db8e5e..ac38005 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ jobs:
         pip install setuptools wheel
         pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+    - name: Get current version
+      id: get_version
+      run: |
+        VERSION=$(python -c "from version import __version__; print(__version__)")
+        echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
     - name: Build the package
       run: |
         python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 6023a58..761862a 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # version.py
-__version__ = "0.3.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.0"