diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 440a3c92d..42db83b3a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chronicle"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.3"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-recursion",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2aa772cbe..7d94a8677 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "chronicle"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.3"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "IOTA permanode implemented as an IOTA Node Extension (INX)."