diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index a0e6220..580055d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ..
     This file is part of Invenio.
-    Copyright (C) 2015-2023 CERN.
+    Copyright (C) 2015-2024 CERN.
 
     Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
     under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 4.0.0 (released 2024-03-21)
+
+- Major release because of fundamental change in the way the module is
+  expected to be used for registering pages.
+- global: remove `has_custom_view` model field 
+- views: allow passing Jinja context to `render_page` 
+- ext: remove finalize_app usage 
+  - The previous design of the module had some major usability issues:
+    - The assumption that we have views that are dynamically registered
+      without the need to redeploy/reload the application for code
+      changes is fundamentally flawed. In reality order for such views
+      to be accessible/discoverable, one has to be able to reference
+      them in Jinja templates, which in turn means one has to make code
+      changes.
+    - The way we were registering page views, required having a
+      connection to an already initialized database. This imposes having
+      to perform checks at application initialization that go against
+      well-established principles of the Flask/Invenio app lifecycle.
+- fix: before_app_first_request deprecation 
+
 Version 3.3.0 (released 2024-02-21):
 ------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/invenio_pages/__init__.py b/invenio_pages/__init__.py
index ad55c36..2d80d74 100644
--- a/invenio_pages/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_pages/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2023 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2024 CERN.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 from .ext import InvenioPages, InvenioPagesREST
 from .records.models import PageList, PageModel
 
-__version__ = "3.3.0"
+__version__ = "4.0.0"
 
 __all__ = ("__version__", "InvenioPages", "InvenioPagesREST", "PageModel", "PageList")
diff --git a/invenio_pages/ext.py b/invenio_pages/ext.py
index cbd7c88..be10609 100644
--- a/invenio_pages/ext.py
+++ b/invenio_pages/ext.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2022 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2024 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Graz University of Technology.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
diff --git a/invenio_pages/records/models.py b/invenio_pages/records/models.py
index 8dc8e6c..1d2517a 100644
--- a/invenio_pages/records/models.py
+++ b/invenio_pages/records/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2022 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2024 CERN.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
diff --git a/invenio_pages/services/schemas.py b/invenio_pages/services/schemas.py
index 0cede5b..42e818e 100644
--- a/invenio_pages/services/schemas.py
+++ b/invenio_pages/services/schemas.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2023 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2023 KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
 #
 # Invenio-Pages is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
diff --git a/invenio_pages/views.py b/invenio_pages/views.py
index 79a451b..98d1c55 100644
--- a/invenio_pages/views.py
+++ b/invenio_pages/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2022 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2024 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Graz University of Technology.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
diff --git a/tests/records/test_records.py b/tests/records/test_records.py
index 0e7e530..a025bac 100644
--- a/tests/records/test_records.py
+++ b/tests/records/test_records.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2022 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2024 CERN.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
diff --git a/tests/resources/test_resources.py b/tests/resources/test_resources.py
index fcbe37e..4deaa98 100644
--- a/tests/resources/test_resources.py
+++ b/tests/resources/test_resources.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
-# Copyright (C) 2022 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2022-2024 CERN.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
diff --git a/tests/services/test_services.py b/tests/services/test_services.py
index 1b30b67..062b485 100644
--- a/tests/services/test_services.py
+++ b/tests/services/test_services.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
-# Copyright (C) 2022 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2022-2024 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2023 KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
diff --git a/tests/test_views.py b/tests/test_views.py
index 463064b..427c077 100644
--- a/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2022 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2024 CERN.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.