diff --git a/bootstrap.py b/bootstrap.py
index bba68780..d736f92f 100755
--- a/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bootstrap.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 __authors__ = ["Frédéric-Emmanuel Picca", "Jérôme Kieffer"]
 __contact__ = "jerome.kieffer@esrf.eu"
 __license__ = "MIT"
-__date__ = "03/03/2023"
+__date__ = "11/04/2024"
 
 import sys
 import os
diff --git a/doc/source/Changelog.rst b/doc/source/Changelog.rst
index 72fff51a..5d3acf97 100644
--- a/doc/source/Changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/source/Changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+FabIO-2024.4.0: 
+................
+- Support for new style GE-files (contribution from Patrick Avery)
+- Support sparse frames without background
+- Fix documentation (Thanks Wout)
+- Automatize the release (Thanks Thomas)
+- Support for Numpy v2.0
+- Support Python 3.7-3.12
+
 FabIO-2023.10.0: 
 ................
 - New tutorial on the ccreation of multiframe Tiff
diff --git a/doc/source/coverage.rst b/doc/source/coverage.rst
index b2d3717b..d7b6c52e 100644
--- a/doc/source/coverage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/coverage.rst
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 Test coverage report for fabio
 ==============================
 
-Measured on *fabio* version 2023.10.0, 25/10/2023
+Measured on *fabio* version 2024.4.0, 11/04/2024
 
 .. csv-table:: Test suite coverage
    :header: "Name", "Stmts", "Exec", "Cover"
    :widths: 35, 8, 8, 8
 
-   "GEimage.py", "106", "80", "75.5 %"
+   "GEimage.py", "116", "90", "77.6 %"
    "HiPiCimage.py", "61", "54", "88.5 %"
    "OXDimage.py", "352", "325", "92.3 %"
-   "TiffIO.py", "781", "648", "83.0 %"
-   "__init__.py", "35", "29", "82.9 %"
-   "_version.py", "40", "39", "97.5 %"
+   "TiffIO.py", "781", "643", "82.3 %"
+   "__init__.py", "34", "28", "82.4 %"
    "adscimage.py", "4", "4", "100.0 %"
    "binaryimage.py", "60", "44", "73.3 %"
    "bruker100image.py", "286", "243", "85.0 %"
@@ -25,14 +24,14 @@ Measured on *fabio* version 2023.10.0, 25/10/2023
    "eigerimage.py", "194", "139", "71.6 %"
    "esperantoimage.py", "158", "137", "86.7 %"
    "fabioformats.py", "90", "65", "72.2 %"
-   "fabioimage.py", "467", "386", "82.7 %"
-   "fabioutils.py", "392", "316", "80.6 %"
+   "fabioimage.py", "468", "387", "82.7 %"
+   "fabioutils.py", "392", "312", "79.6 %"
    "file_series.py", "370", "280", "75.7 %"
    "fit2dimage.py", "91", "76", "83.5 %"
    "fit2dmaskimage.py", "79", "75", "94.9 %"
    "fit2dspreadsheetimage.py", "47", "40", "85.1 %"
    "hdf5image.py", "98", "67", "68.4 %"
-   "jpeg2kimage.py", "82", "56", "68.3 %"
+   "jpeg2kimage.py", "82", "74", "90.2 %"
    "jpegimage.py", "47", "45", "95.7 %"
    "kcdimage.py", "107", "76", "71.0 %"
    "limaimage.py", "180", "151", "83.9 %"
@@ -42,14 +41,15 @@ Measured on *fabio* version 2023.10.0, 25/10/2023
    "mrcimage.py", "85", "65", "76.5 %"
    "nexus.py", "233", "130", "55.8 %"
    "numpyimage.py", "77", "53", "68.8 %"
-   "openimage.py", "122", "105", "86.1 %"
+   "openimage.py", "130", "112", "86.2 %"
    "pilatusimage.py", "43", "38", "88.4 %"
    "pixiimage.py", "107", "91", "85.0 %"
    "pnmimage.py", "137", "86", "62.8 %"
    "raxisimage.py", "103", "91", "88.3 %"
-   "sparseimage.py", "135", "93", "68.9 %"
+   "sparseimage.py", "146", "97", "66.4 %"
    "speimage.py", "162", "157", "96.9 %"
    "tifimage.py", "128", "121", "94.5 %"
+   "version.py", "40", "35", "87.5 %"
    "xcaliburimage.py", "586", "462", "78.8 %"
    "xsdimage.py", "94", "70", "74.5 %"
    "app/__init__.py", "0", "0", "0.0 %"
@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ Measured on *fabio* version 2023.10.0, 25/10/2023
    "compression/agi_bitfield.py", "171", "148", "86.5 %"
    "compression/compression.py", "245", "188", "76.7 %"
    "ext/__init__.py", "0", "0", "0.0 %"
-   "utils/ExternalResources.py", "180", "133", "73.9 %"
+   "test/__init__.py", "22", "15", "68.2 %"
+   "test/codecs/__init__.py", "87", "81", "93.1 %"
+   "utils/ExternalResources.py", "181", "134", "74.0 %"
    "utils/__init__.py", "0", "0", "0.0 %"
-   "utils/cli.py", "60", "52", "86.7 %"
+   "utils/cli.py", "60", "48", "80.0 %"
    "utils/deprecation.py", "67", "63", "94.0 %"
    "utils/pilutils.py", "49", "39", "79.6 %"
 
-   "fabio total", "9609", "7542", "78.5 %"
+   "fabio total", "9748", "7661", "78.6 %"
diff --git a/package/debian12/rules b/package/debian12/rules
index 15f3bb51..7838bcce 100755
--- a/package/debian12/rules
+++ b/package/debian12/rules
@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@ override_dh_installdocs:
 	python3 build-doc.py
 	dh_installdocs "build/sphinx" -p fabio-doc
 	dh_installdocs
+
+override_dh_sphinxdoc:
+	dh_sphinxdoc -X searchtools.js
+
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 3474fb90..ea2ede9e 100755
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 __contact__ = "Jerome.Kieffer@ESRF.eu"
 __license__ = "MIT"
 __copyright__ = "European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France"
-__date__ = "15/03/2024"
+__date__ = "11/04/2024"
 __status__ = "production"
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
 __all__ = ["date", "version_info", "strictversion", "hexversion", "debianversion",
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
                               "candidate": "rc"}
 
 MAJOR = 2024
-MINOR = 3
+MINOR = 4
 MICRO = 0
-RELEV = "dev"  # <16
+RELEV = "final"  # <16
 SERIAL = 0  # <16
 date = __date__