diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 829d3477..b3936736 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: crane
 Title: Supplements the 'gtsummary' Package for Pharmaceutical Reporting
-Version: 0.3.3.9021
+Version: 0.4.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Daniel D.", "Sjoberg", , "danield.sjoberg@gmail.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0862-2018", note = "Original creator of the package")),
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ URL: https://github.com/insightsengineering/crane,
     https://insightsengineering.github.io/crane/
 BugReports: https://github.com/insightsengineering/crane/issues
 Depends: 
-    gtsummary (>= 2.5.1),
+    gtsummary (>= 2.6.1),
     R (>= 4.2)
 Imports:
     broom (>= 1.0.8),
-    cards (>= 0.8.1.9001),
+    cards (>= 0.9.0),
     cardx (>= 0.3.3),
     cli (>= 3.6.4),
     cowplot (>= 1.2.0),
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ Suggests:
     withr (>= 3.0.1),
     xml2,
     yaml
-Remotes: 
-    pharmaverse/cards
 Config/Needs/check: hms
 Config/Needs/website: rmarkdown, yaml
 Config/roxygen2/version: 8.1.0
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 19f55dc1..f42fcaef 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-# crane 0.3.3.9021
+# crane 0.4.0
 
 * `modify_split_caption()` now errors when given a table that was never split, instead of silently returning it unchanged. A plain table has no split level to build a subtitle from; the message points at `split_by_rows = list(variable_level = ...)`. Pages of a row-number split are still skipped silently, as before. (#318)
 
 * Added `add_label_column()` to split a `{gtsummary}` table's row labels into a new left label column (`label0`) and the existing `label` column, computing the new column from an expression evaluated in the table body. This is the `strata_location = "new_column"` layout of `tbl_shift()` exposed as a standalone step for nested count and shift tables. (#314)
 
-# crane 0.3.3.9017
-
 * `tbl_null_report()` now centers its message, so with no body content it reads as a "no data" panel spanning the table instead of text hugging the left edge. (#305)
 
 * `get_mmrm_results()` gains a `weights` argument (default `"equal"`) passed to `emmeans::emmeans()`, so proportionally weighted LS Means can be requested with `weights = "proportional"`. Check `?emmeans::emmeans()` for other `weights` options. (#299)