diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a644394a90..037f805c20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.0-rc4
+* fix: init config object only once ([#873](https://github.com/Consensys/linea-arithmetization/pull/873))
+* feat: improve design of shared and private CLI options ([#864](https://github.com/Consensys/linea-arithmetization/pull/864))
+
 ## 0.2.0-rc3
 * fix: make --plugin-linea-conflated-trace-generation-traces-output-path option required to avoid faulty registration of the trace generation RPC endpoint ([#858](https://github.com/Consensys/linea-arithmetization/pull/858))
 * feat: separate shared and private CLI options ([#856](https://github.com/Consensys/linea-arithmetization/pull/856))
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index fe339be986..509580c06a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-releaseVersion=0.2.0-rc3
+releaseVersion=0.2.0-rc4
 besuVersion=24.6-develop-752aeff
 besuArtifactGroup=io.consensys.linea-besu
 distributionIdentifier=linea-arithmetization