diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c89a20..0ae1054 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
 <a name="Dependencies"></a>
 ## Dependencies
 Following dependencies are downloaded automatically:
-* Aerospike Java client 7.2.1 or greater
-* Apache commons cli 1.6.0
-* Log4j 2.21.0
+* Aerospike Java client 7.2.2 or greater
+* Apache commons cli 1.7.0
+* Log4j 2.22.1
 * Junit 4.13.1
 * Json-simple 1.1.1
 
diff --git a/doc/releasenotes.md b/doc/releasenotes.md
index 2be7233..cf2a2f4 100644
--- a/doc/releasenotes.md
+++ b/doc/releasenotes.md
@@ -101,4 +101,13 @@
 
 ## Bug Fixes:
 * TOOLS-2826 \(ASLOADER\) Fixed an issue where ldap users fail read-write role validation.
-Asloader no longer checks if the Aerospike user has read-write permissions before beginning writes.
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+Asloader no longer checks if the Aerospike user has read-write permissions before beginning writes.
+
+## Aerospike Loader [4.0.3] Release Date [7 Aug 2024]
+## Security
+* [Snyk] fix: upgrade org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core from 2.21.0 to 2.22.1
+* [Snyk] fix: upgrade org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api from 2.21.0 to 2.22.1
+* [Snyk] fix: upgrade org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api from 2.21.0 to 2.22.1
+
+## Bug Fixes:
+* [TOOLS-2690] \(ASLOADER\) Set client policy maxConnsPerNode to the max amount of worker threads to prevent out of connection errors.
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ed117a..2f69d97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
 	<artifactId>aerospike-load</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.2</version>
+	<version>4.0.3</version>
 	<name>Aerospike DSV Loader</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/aerospike/load/AerospikeLoad.java b/src/main/java/com/aerospike/load/AerospikeLoad.java
index 2dc0a23..baa39e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/aerospike/load/AerospikeLoad.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/aerospike/load/AerospikeLoad.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 			}
 
 			// Remove column definition file from list. if directory containing config file is passed.
-			String columnDefinitionFileName = cl.getOptionValue("c", null);
+			String columnDefinitionFileName = cl.getOptionValue("c", "");
 			dataFileNames.remove(columnDefinitionFileName);
 			log.info("Number of data files:" + dataFileNames.size());
 			
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/aerospike/load/DataTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/aerospike/load/DataTypeTest.java
index 23fad80..dd2eb3c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/aerospike/load/DataTypeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/aerospike/load/DataTypeTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ enum BinType {
 public class DataTypeTest {
 	
 	String host = "127.0.0.1";
-	String port = "3000";
+	String port = "3100";
 	String ns = "test";
 	String set = null;
 	MapOrder expectedMapOrder = MapOrder.KEY_ORDERED;