diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 96f1cd9..4c313f9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.3.0"
+  ".": "1.4.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc4f517..d6607c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.4.0](https://github.com/MakerXStudio/verify/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0) (2026-10-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add pnpm support ([d91e686](https://github.com/MakerXStudio/verify/commit/d91e686d94a5903a85935239c063dbc2980f6053))
+* add pnpm support ([1f0ba5e](https://github.com/MakerXStudio/verify/commit/1f0ba5e1b01b679bd5e7f26ac0b12fda628070f2))
+
 ## [1.3.0](https://github.com/MakerXStudio/verify/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0) (2026-10-08)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 68cb737..25611e5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@makerx/verify",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@makerx/verify",
-      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "version": "1.4.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "ajv": "^8.20.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53371f3..9aa4f47 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@makerx/verify",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "description": "A growing collection of code verifications that give AI coding agents back-pressure against writing hard-to-maintain code. Ships a CLI that orchestrates native + external checks by convention, plus a scaffolder for the checks and agent commands.",
   "keywords": [
     "ai",