diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e80ebc39..1972b659 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ For Android projects, add the ObjectBox Gradle plugin to your root `build.gradle
 
 ```groovy
 buildscript {
-    ext.objectboxVersion = "4.0.1"
+    ext.objectboxVersion = "4.0.2"
     repositories {        
         mavenCentral()    
     }
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 43b708c5..0a119ec1 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildscript {
     // To publish a release, typically, only edit those two:
     val objectboxVersionNumber = "4.0.2" // without "-SNAPSHOT", e.g. "2.5.0" or "2.4.0-RC"
     val objectboxVersionRelease =
-        false // set to true for releasing to ignore versionPostFix to avoid e.g. "-dev" versions
+        true // set to true for releasing to ignore versionPostFix to avoid e.g. "-dev" versions
 
     // version post fix: "-<value>" or "" if not defined; e.g. used by CI to pass in branch name
     val versionPostFixValue = project.findProperty("versionPostFix")
diff --git a/objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java b/objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java
index 762b2e12..5e67e1ab 100644
--- a/objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java
+++ b/objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public class BoxStore implements Closeable {
     public static final String IN_MEMORY_PREFIX = "memory:";
 
     /** Change so ReLinker will update native library when using workaround loading. */
-    public static final String JNI_VERSION = "4.0.1";
+    public static final String JNI_VERSION = "4.0.2";
 
-    private static final String VERSION = "4.0.2-2024-08-13";
+    private static final String VERSION = "4.0.2-2024-08-19";
     private static BoxStore defaultStore;
 
     /** Currently used DB dirs with values from {@link #getCanonicalPath(File)}. */