diff --git a/LATEST b/LATEST
index 276cbf9e..197c4d5c 100644
--- a/LATEST
+++ b/LATEST
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.3.0
+2.4.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d0650cd..ef6afe8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -741,6 +741,11 @@ will eventually deal with this issue.
 
 Changelog
 ---------
+27 April 2022 - 2.4.0
+
+  - Handle a failed github retrieval better (#408)
+  - Colorize kerl output (if available) (#409)
+
 13 April 2022 - 2.3.0
 
   - Fix build of older OTPs on macOS Monterey (#397)
diff --git a/kerl b/kerl
index 3b1a63dc..400cde03 100755
--- a/kerl
+++ b/kerl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ unset ERL_TOP
 # Make sure CDPATH doesn't affect cd in case path is relative.
 unset CDPATH
 
-KERL_VERSION='2.3.0'
+KERL_VERSION='2.4.0'
 
 DOCSH_GITHUB_URL='https://github.com/erszcz/docsh.git'
 ERLANG_DOWNLOAD_URL='https://erlang.org/download'