diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 78e62882..708e8b3d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # Releases
 
+## sirmordred 0.4.0-rc.1 - (2022-09-26)
+
+**New features:**
+
+ * Configurable study names and aliases\
+   Study aliases and names can be set in the configuration file using the
+   keyword `studies_aliases`. The following snippet shows an example of
+   configuration. i.e. In this `aliases.json` file the name of the study
+   is `enrich_onion` and the name of the alias is `all_onion` ```
+   "studies_aliases": {     "enrich": [       {         "alias":
+   "all_onion",         "name": "enrich_onion"       },       ...     ] }
+   ```
+
+**Bug fixes:**
+
+ * [git] pair-programming activation fixed\
+   Git pair-programming can be activated if the data source contains a
+   tag like `[git:pair]`
+ * Study selection fixed\
+   This fix solves the problem of executing the studies with no
+   associated aliases.
+
+
 ## Sir Mordred 0.3.1 - (2022-06-28)
 
 **Others:**
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ff60d3d..76d49509 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "sirmordred"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.4.0-rc.1"
 description = "Drive GrimoireLab tools to produce a dashboard"
 authors = [
     "GrimoireLab Developers"
diff --git a/releases/0.4.0-rc.1.md b/releases/0.4.0-rc.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a37be58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/0.4.0-rc.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+## sirmordred 0.4.0-rc.1 - (2022-09-26)
+
+**New features:**
+
+ * Configurable study names and aliases\
+   Study aliases and names can be set in the configuration file using the
+   keyword `studies_aliases`. The following snippet shows an example of
+   configuration. i.e. In this `aliases.json` file the name of the study
+   is `enrich_onion` and the name of the alias is `all_onion` ```
+   "studies_aliases": {     "enrich": [       {         "alias":
+   "all_onion",         "name": "enrich_onion"       },       ...     ] }
+   ```
+
+**Bug fixes:**
+
+ * [git] pair-programming activation fixed\
+   Git pair-programming can be activated if the data source contains a
+   tag like `[git:pair]`
+ * Study selection fixed\
+   This fix solves the problem of executing the studies with no
+   associated aliases.
+
diff --git a/sirmordred/_version.py b/sirmordred/_version.py
index 419646ff..54931a18 100644
--- a/sirmordred/_version.py
+++ b/sirmordred/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# File update on 2022-06-28 17:30:19.537205
-__version__ = "0.3.1"
+# File auto-generated by semverup on 2022-09-26 10:54:16.627298
+__version__ = "0.4.0-rc.1"