diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3db4fa1d..e565b1ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2026-11-10 — LithosAnanke v4.0.0-alpha.4: the plug-and-play stick
+
+The plug-and-play stick (#92), the BAM flush (#155), the Book of Fabric (#138), the Dictionary of v4 (#157), and the .com’s Downloads and Documents pages (#126, #161).
+
 ## 2026-11-07 — LithosAnanke v4.0.0-alpha.3: the first published alpha
 
 `v4.0.0-alpha.2` (`2d43db25`) used the image's HOL-Library as intended, but its release run (200) ran
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06e0c135..f05db317 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# LithosAnanke v4.0.0-alpha.3
+# LithosAnanke v4.0.0-alpha.4
 
 **UEFI-bootable FORTH microkernel.** Boots from firmware, initialises memory and interrupts, then
 runs StarForth as its sole userspace runtime. No libc. No OS. Just stone and necessity.
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ runs StarForth as its sole userspace runtime. No libc. No OS. Just stone and nec
 
 **Try it in your browser:** [starshipos-f18.com](https://starshipos-f18.com/) — a StarshipOS
 machine of your own, booted to `[zuse@Hera] ok>`, thrown away when you leave. **Releases:**
-[v4.0.0-alpha.3](https://gitea.starshipos-f18.org/rajames/LithosAnanke/releases) (pre-release),
-the kernel `4.0.0-alpha.3` with the StarForth engine `3.2.0`.
+[v4.0.0-alpha.4](https://gitea.starshipos-f18.org/rajames/LithosAnanke/releases) (pre-release),
+the kernel `4.0.0-alpha.4` with the StarForth engine `3.2.0`.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index b6115efc..02221281 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ endif
 # the messaging layer was replaced by kernel-Hermes, PLOT/FB-* relocated to Hestia —
 # all dictionary-visible, no FORTH-79 word semantics changed.
 VERSION       ?= 3.2.0
-LITHOS_VERSION ?= 4.0.0-alpha.3
+LITHOS_VERSION ?= 4.0.0-alpha.4
 
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