diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 924c8837..f6451b29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ A awesome gradle plugin which can automatically fetch a font from Fontastic, and
 ## 1. Provide the gradle dependency
 ```gradle
 //the core iconics library (without any widgets)
-implementation "com.mikepenz:iconics-core:4.0.0"
-implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$versions.appCompat"
+implementation "com.mikepenz:iconics-core:4.0.1-b01"
+implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:${versions.appCompat}"
 ```
 
 ## 1b. (optional) Add the view's dependency
 ```gradle
 //this adds all ui view widgets (IconicsButton, IconicsImageView, ...)
-implementation "com.mikepenz:iconics-views:4.0.0"
+implementation "com.mikepenz:iconics-views:4.0.1-b01"
 ```
 
 For the non kotlin variant please use a version smaller than 4.x.y (See the releases on GitHub)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 02be09f3..2e44270a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
         release = [
-                versionName: "4.0.0",
-                versionCode: 40000
+                versionName: "4.0.1-b01",
+                versionCode: 40010
         ]
 
         setup = [