diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5db2391..64a9fdf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ It's a next-generation **observability toolkit** and modern replacement for [Tim
 
 ## Latest release/s
 
-- `v1.0.0-alpha3` (dev): [release info](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-alpha3) (for early adopters)
+- `v1.0.0-alpha4` (dev): [release info](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-alpha4) (for early adopters)
 
 [![Main tests][Main tests SVG]][Main tests URL]
 [![Graal tests][Graal tests SVG]][Graal tests URL]
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 8ca4a85..0f4944a 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-alpha3"
+(defproject com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-alpha4"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Structured telemetry library for Clojure/Script"
   :url "https://www.taoensso.com/telemere"
diff --git a/slf4j/project.clj b/slf4j/project.clj
index 7eb21a9..1bd4904 100644
--- a/slf4j/project.clj
+++ b/slf4j/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere "1.0.0-alpha3"
+(defproject com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere "1.0.0-alpha4"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Telemere backend/provider for SLF4J API v2"
   :url "https://www.taoensso.com/telemere"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    {:dependencies
     [[org.clojure/clojure   "1.11.2"]
      [org.slf4j/slf4j-api   "2.0.12"]
-     [com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-alpha3"]]}
+     [com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-alpha4"]]}
 
    :dev
    {:plugins