diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 68df04eb6..0a57c8224 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gsd-core",
   "displayName": "GSD Core",
-  "version": "1.3.1-dev.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0-rc.2",
   "description": "GSD Core is a meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for AI coding agents.",
   "author": {
     "name": "open-gsd",
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core",
   "repository": "https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "keywords": ["spec-driven-development", "planning", "workflow", "context-engineering", "claude-code", "gsd"],
+  "keywords": [
+    "spec-driven-development",
+    "planning",
+    "workflow",
+    "context-engineering",
+    "claude-code",
+    "gsd"
+  ],
   "commands": "./commands/gsd/",
   "hooks": "./hooks/hooks.json"
 }
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index 31dbbdead..2e6efaf25 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gsd-core",
-  "version": "1.3.1-dev.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0-rc.2",
   "description": "GSD Core — a meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for AI coding agents. Loads gsd's operating context into every Gemini CLI session.",
   "contextFileName": "GEMINI.md"
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1836d2c03..47df2ea68 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@opengsd/gsd-core",
-  "version": "1.3.1-dev.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0-rc.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@opengsd/gsd-core",
-      "version": "1.3.1-dev.0",
+      "version": "1.4.0-rc.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.2.84",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64e82d54d..00fe5b95c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@opengsd/gsd-core",
-  "version": "1.3.1-dev.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0-rc.2",
   "description": "GSD Core is a meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for AI coding agents.",
   "bin": {
     "gsd-core": "bin/install.js",