diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5598b7708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [v0.4.0](https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs/tree/v0.4.0) (2021-11-01)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs/compare/v0.3.0...v0.4.0)
+
+## [v0.3.0](https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs/tree/v0.3.0) (2021-05-10)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0)
+ 
+This release introduces the high-level `Account` API for creating and managing IOTA identities.
+
+## [v0.2.0](https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs/tree/v0.2.0) (2021-02-18)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0)
+
+## [v0.1.0](https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs/tree/v0.1.0) (2020-11-12)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs/compare/360bf5ce64a7f418249cdeadccb22b9aea7daeb6...v0.1.0)
+
+
+
+\* *This Changelog was automatically generated by [github_changelog_generator](https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator)*
diff --git a/bindings/wasm/Cargo.toml b/bindings/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 846a38610a..866011c530 100644
--- a/bindings/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2", features = ["serde-serialize"] }
 wasm-bindgen-futures = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 
 [dependencies.identity]
-version = "=0.4.0"
+version = "=0.4.1"
 path = "../../identity"
 default-features = false
 features = ["comm", "wasm"]
diff --git a/identity-account/Cargo.toml b/identity-account/Cargo.toml
index b9fc8bc0b4..11898ee8c6 100644
--- a/identity-account/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-account/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-account"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ actix = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true }
 async-trait = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3" }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.11", features = ["serde"] }
-identity-core = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-core" }
-identity-credential = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-credential" }
-identity-did = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-did" }
-identity-iota = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-iota", default-features = false }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-credential = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-credential" }
+identity-did = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-did" }
+identity-iota = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-iota", default-features = false }
 itoa = { version = "0.4" }
 log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 once_cell = { version = "1.7", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/identity-comm/Cargo.toml b/identity-comm/Cargo.toml
index cee221835b..df15427965 100644
--- a/identity-comm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-comm/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-comm"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs"
 description = "An implementation of the DIDComm Messaging Specification."
 
 [dependencies]
-identity-core = { path = "../identity-core", version = "=0.4.0" }
-identity-credential = { path = "../identity-credential", version = "=0.4.0" }
-identity-did = { path = "../identity-did", version = "=0.4.0" }
-identity-iota = { path = "../identity-iota", version = "=0.4.0", default-features = false }
+identity-core = { path = "../identity-core", version = "=0.4.1" }
+identity-credential = { path = "../identity-credential", version = "=0.4.1" }
+identity-did = { path = "../identity-did", version = "=0.4.1" }
+identity-iota = { path = "../identity-iota", version = "=0.4.1", default-features = false }
 libjose = { path = "../libjose", version = "=0.1.0" }
 paste = { version = "1.0" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/identity-core/Cargo.toml b/identity-core/Cargo.toml
index 3e15d9a1ae..f37358f58f 100644
--- a/identity-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-core"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ base64 = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 bs58 = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
-identity-diff = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-diff", default-features = false }
+identity-diff = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-diff", default-features = false }
 multibase = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 roaring = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
diff --git a/identity-credential/Cargo.toml b/identity-credential/Cargo.toml
index 0c8e3503e8..68352b50bf 100644
--- a/identity-credential/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-credential/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-credential"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs"
 description = "An implementation of the Verfiable Credentials standard."
 
 [dependencies]
-identity-core = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-core" }
-identity-did = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-did" }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-did = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-did" }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
 strum = { version = "0.21", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/identity-did/Cargo.toml b/identity-did/Cargo.toml
index dfa5a377fd..1fd4b93fe4 100644
--- a/identity-did/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-did/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-did"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "An implementation of the Decentralized Identifiers standard."
 async-trait = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 did_url = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "serde"] }
 form_urlencoded = { version = "1.0.1", default-features = false }
-identity-core = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-core" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
 strum = { version = "0.21", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/identity-diff/Cargo.toml b/identity-diff/Cargo.toml
index 77f6f8e242..a77674593b 100644
--- a/identity-diff/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-diff/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-diff"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ description = "The `Diff` trait for the identity-rs library."
 
 [dependencies]
 did_url = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
-identity-derive = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "derive" }
+identity-derive = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "derive" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0" }
 strum = { version = "0.21", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/identity-diff/derive/Cargo.toml b/identity-diff/derive/Cargo.toml
index b1750fe71d..b62875632f 100644
--- a/identity-diff/derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-diff/derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-derive"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
diff --git a/identity-iota/Cargo.toml b/identity-iota/Cargo.toml
index 172303dfbb..329a13948e 100644
--- a/identity-iota/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-iota/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-iota"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ async-trait = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 dashmap = { version = "4.0" }
 form_urlencoded = { version = "1.0" }
 futures = { version = "0.3" }
-identity-core = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-core" }
-identity-credential = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-credential" }
-identity-did = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-did" }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-credential = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-credential" }
+identity-did = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-did" }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4", default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
diff --git a/identity/Cargo.toml b/identity/Cargo.toml
index 1f37635056..153591a6a6 100644
--- a/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 documentation = "https://wiki.iota.org/identity.rs/introduction"
 edition = "2018"
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/identity.rs"
 description = "Tools for working with Self-sovereign Identity."
 
 [dependencies]
-identity-account = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-account", optional = true }
-identity-comm = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-comm", optional = true }
-identity-core = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-core" }
-identity-credential = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-credential" }
-identity-did = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-did" }
-identity-iota = { version = "=0.4.0", path = "../identity-iota", default-features = false }
+identity-account = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-account", optional = true }
+identity-comm = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-comm", optional = true }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-credential = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-credential" }
+identity-did = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-did" }
+identity-iota = { version = "=0.4.1", path = "../identity-iota", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.3" }