diff --git a/fastplotlib/VERSION b/fastplotlib/VERSION
index 0d91a54c7..1d0ba9ea1 100644
--- a/fastplotlib/VERSION
+++ b/fastplotlib/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.3.0
+0.4.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 14d0f0c5b..9834884aa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 install_requires = [
     "numpy>=1.23.0",
-    "pygfx~=0.7.0",
+    "pygfx>=0.7.0",
     "wgpu>=0.18.1",
     "cmap>=0.1.3",
 ]