diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b3b5684..f9e5f5f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   ".": "0.4.0-b",
-  "desktop": "0.3.0"
+  "desktop": "0.4.0-b"
 }
diff --git a/desktop/VERSION b/desktop/VERSION
index 0d91a54..8d1a53c 100644
--- a/desktop/VERSION
+++ b/desktop/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.3.0
+0.4.0-b
diff --git a/desktop/package-lock.json b/desktop/package-lock.json
index 962ca19..b039307 100644
--- a/desktop/package-lock.json
+++ b/desktop/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "vidxp-desktop",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0-b",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "vidxp-desktop",
-      "version": "0.3.0",
+      "version": "0.4.0-b",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@tauri-apps/cli": "2.11.4"
       }
diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index ec701f5..d300dab 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "vidxp-desktop",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0-b",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "tauri": "tauri",
diff --git a/desktop/runtime-manifest.json b/desktop/runtime-manifest.json
index 9fb13ee..9951b4c 100644
--- a/desktop/runtime-manifest.json
+++ b/desktop/runtime-manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schema_version": 1,
-  "desktop_version": "0.3.0",
+  "desktop_version": "0.4.0-b",
   "package_name": "vidxp",
   "package_version": "0.4.0-b",
   "dependency_index": "https://pypi.org/simple",
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 1ca8142..06cf314 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -4373,7 +4373,7 @@ checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vidxp-desktop"
-version = "0.3.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.4.0-b" # x-release-please-version
 dependencies = [
  "atomic-write-file",
  "hex",
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index d6f17a7..0280c49 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vidxp-desktop"
-version = "0.3.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.4.0-b" # x-release-please-version
 description = "The VidXP desktop launcher and local runtime supervisor"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.97"
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index c270063..663588c 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "VidXP",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0-b",
   "identifier": "dev.grayhat.vidxp",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../web"
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index fc92393..e74a9f2 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
   "draft": true,
   "force-tag-creation": true,
-  "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(release): prepare ${branch}",
   "include-v-in-tag": true,
   "prerelease": true,
   "separate-pull-requests": false,
@@ -15,14 +14,13 @@
       "type": "linked-versions",
       "groupName": "VidXP",
       "components": [
-        "vidxp",
+        "",
         "desktop"
       ]
     }
   ],
   "packages": {
     ".": {
-      "component": "vidxp",
       "exclude-paths": [
         "desktop"
       ],
diff --git a/release-please-config.stable.json b/release-please-config.stable.json
index dfb9d38..ae6f200 100644
--- a/release-please-config.stable.json
+++ b/release-please-config.stable.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
   "draft": true,
   "force-tag-creation": true,
-  "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(release): prepare ${branch}",
   "include-v-in-tag": true,
   "separate-pull-requests": false,
   "plugins": [
@@ -13,14 +12,13 @@
       "type": "linked-versions",
       "groupName": "VidXP",
       "components": [
-        "vidxp",
+        "",
         "desktop"
       ]
     }
   ],
   "packages": {
     ".": {
-      "component": "vidxp",
       "exclude-paths": [
         "desktop"
       ],
diff --git a/tests/test_packaging.py b/tests/test_packaging.py
index bdc4c9f..ba7c0ce 100644
--- a/tests/test_packaging.py
+++ b/tests/test_packaging.py
@@ -337,15 +337,19 @@ def test_release_please_preserves_desktop_manifests_and_links_versions(self):
             config = json.loads(
                 (ROOT / filename).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
             )
+            self.assertNotIn("group-pull-request-title-pattern", config)
             linked_versions = [
                 plugin
                 for plugin in config["plugins"]
                 if plugin["type"] == "linked-versions"
             ]
             self.assertEqual(len(linked_versions), 1, filename)
+            root_package = config["packages"]["."]
+            self.assertFalse(root_package["include-component-in-tag"])
+            self.assertNotIn("component", root_package)
             self.assertEqual(
                 set(linked_versions[0]["components"]),
-                {"vidxp", "desktop"},
+                {"", "desktop"},
                 filename,
             )