diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index bdf039fd..2dcfe953 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -81,40 +81,40 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk18on/1.76, MIT, approved, #9825
 maven/mavencentral/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk18on/1.76, MIT AND CC0-1.0, approved, #9827
 maven/mavencentral/org.bouncycastle/bcutil-jdk18on/1.76, MIT, approved, #9828
 maven/mavencentral/org.checkerframework/checker-qual/3.12.0, MIT, approved, clearlydefined
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/autodoc-processor/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/boot/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/catalog-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/connector-core/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/contract-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/control-plane-api-client-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/control-plane-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/core-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-core/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-util/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-core/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-providers/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jetty-core/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/json-ld-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/junit/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-evaluator/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-model/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/runtime-metamodel/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/state-machine/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-datasource-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transfer-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-core/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/util/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-core/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/web-spi/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/autodoc-processor/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/boot/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/catalog-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/connector-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/contract-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/control-plane-api-client-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/control-plane-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/core-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-util/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-providers/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jetty-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/json-ld-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/junit/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-evaluator/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-model/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/runtime-metamodel/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/state-machine/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-datasource-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transfer-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/util/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/web-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain/jetty-jakarta-servlet-api/5.0.2, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain/jetty-jakarta-websocket-api/2.0.0, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.websocket/websocket-core-client/11.0.18, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d917ea78..5aff1d38 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 group=org.eclipse.edc
-version=0.3.2-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
 
 # configure the build:
-annotationProcessorVersion=0.3.2-SNAPSHOT
-edcGradlePluginsVersion=0.3.2-SNAPSHOT
-metaModelVersion=0.3.2-SNAPSHOT
+annotationProcessorVersion=0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
+edcGradlePluginsVersion=0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
+metaModelVersion=0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
 
 # used for publishing artifacts and plugins
 techAwsScmConnection=scm:git:git@github.com:eclipse-edc/Technology-Aws.git
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 3551233d..969e5db6 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ format.version = "1.1"
 awaitility = "4.2.0"
 aws = "2.21.15"
 bouncyCastle-jdk18on = "1.76"
-edc = "0.3.2-SNAPSHOT"
+edc = "0.4.1-SNAPSHOT"
 failsafe = "3.3.1"
 httpMockServer = "5.15.0"
 jakarta-json = "2.0.1"