diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 842c84ed8..70ca35b66 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    factory_girl (4.0.0.rc1)
+    factory_girl (4.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0ca324753..024481d80 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+4.0.0 (August 3, 2012)
+  Remove deprecated cucumber_steps
+  Remove deprecated alternate syntaxes
+  Deprecate duplicate_attribute_assignment_from_initialize_with, which is now unused
+    as attributes assigned within initialize_with are not subsequently assigned
+
 3.6.1 (August 2, 2012)
   Update README to include info about running with JRuby
   Update dependencies on RSpec and tiny versions of Rails in Appraisal
diff --git a/gemfiles/3.0.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/3.0.gemfile.lock
index 7d3cafa95..9189ae694 100644
--- a/gemfiles/3.0.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/3.0.gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: /Users/joshuaclayton/dev/gems/factory_girl
   specs:
-    factory_girl (4.0.0.rc1)
+    factory_girl (4.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/gemfiles/3.1.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/3.1.gemfile.lock
index 184416b19..bc725a508 100644
--- a/gemfiles/3.1.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/3.1.gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: /Users/joshuaclayton/dev/gems/factory_girl
   specs:
-    factory_girl (4.0.0.rc1)
+    factory_girl (4.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/gemfiles/3.2.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/3.2.gemfile.lock
index a0962d71f..5332bcfc6 100644
--- a/gemfiles/3.2.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/3.2.gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: /Users/joshuaclayton/dev/gems/factory_girl
   specs:
-    factory_girl (4.0.0.rc1)
+    factory_girl (4.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/factory_girl/version.rb b/lib/factory_girl/version.rb
index e6a72d76a..6948ed3fb 100644
--- a/lib/factory_girl/version.rb
+++ b/lib/factory_girl/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module FactoryGirl
-  VERSION = '4.0.0.rc1'
+  VERSION = '4.0.0'
 end