diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: bspm
 Type: Package
 Title: Bridge to System Package Manager
-Version: 0.3.10.2
+Version: 0.4.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Iñaki", "Ucar", email="iucar@fedoraproject.org",
       role=c("aut", "cph", "cre"), comment=c(ORCID="0000-0001-6403-5550")))
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# bspm 0.3.10.2
+# bspm 0.4.0
 
 - New function `available_sys()` returns a matrix of available packages with
   `"Package"`, `"Version"`, and `"Repository"` (#47 addressing #41).
 - Honor `type` option, set by default to `"both"`, which means 'use binary
   if available and current, otherwise try source' (#48 addressing #46).
+  As a consequence, the option `bspm.always.install.deps` has been removed.
 
 # bspm 0.3.10
 
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index ca5bc81..3bdc7c1 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-## Patch release
-Add a backend availability check with fixing instructions.
+## Minor release
+Enhance integration to imitate the mixed installation mechanism available
+on Windows and macOS.
 
 ## Test environments
-- local R installation, R 4.0.5
-- debian:latest, fedora:latest on GitHub
+- local R installation, R 4.2.2
+- debian:latest, fedora:latest, ubuntu:18.04, ubuntu:20.04 on GitHub
 
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