diff --git a/actix-codec/CHANGES.md b/actix-codec/CHANGES.md
index 3d82775a..0c26c085 100644
--- a/actix-codec/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-codec/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2020-xx-xx
-* Replace `pin-project` with `pin-project-lite`.
-* Upgrade `tokio` dependency to `1`.
-* Upgrade `tokio-util` dependency to `0.6`.
-* Upgrade `bytes` dependency to `1`.
+
+
+## 0.4.0-beta.1 - 2020-12-28
+* Replace `pin-project` with `pin-project-lite`. [#237]
+* Upgrade `tokio` dependency to `1`. [#237]
+* Upgrade `tokio-util` dependency to `0.6`. [#237]
+* Upgrade `bytes` dependency to `1`. [#237]
+
+[#237]: https://github.com/actix/actix-net/pull/237
+
 
 ## 0.3.0 - 2020-08-23
 * No changes from beta 2.
 
+
 ## 0.3.0-beta.2 - 2020-08-19
 * Remove unused type parameter from `Framed::replace_codec`.
 
+
 ## 0.3.0-beta.1 - 2020-08-19
 * Use `.advance()` instead of `.split_to()`.
 * Upgrade `tokio-util` to `0.3`.
@@ -21,32 +29,31 @@
 * Add method on `Framed` to get a pinned reference to the underlying I/O.
 * Add method on `Framed` check emptiness of read buffer.
 
-## [0.2.0] - 2019-12-10
 
+## 0.2.0 - 2019-12-10
 * Use specific futures dependencies
 
-## [0.2.0-alpha.4]
 
+## 0.2.0-alpha.4
 * Fix buffer remaining capacity calculation
 
-## [0.2.0-alpha.3]
 
+## 0.2.0-alpha.3
 * Use tokio 0.2
-
 * Fix low/high watermark for write/read buffers
 
-## [0.2.0-alpha.2]
 
+## 0.2.0-alpha.2
 * Migrated to `std::future`
 
-## [0.1.2] - 2019-03-27
 
+## 0.1.2 - 2019-03-27
 * Added `Framed::map_io()` method.
 
-## [0.1.1] - 2019-03-06
 
+## 0.1.1 - 2019-03-06
 * Added `FramedParts::with_read_buffer()` method.
 
-## [0.1.0] - 2018-12-09
 
+## 0.1.0 - 2018-12-09
 * Move codec to separate crate
diff --git a/actix-codec/Cargo.toml b/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
index e901efd5..d0f6646d 100644
--- a/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-codec"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0-beta.1"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
-description = "Codec utilities for working with framed protocols."
+description = "Codec utilities for working with framed protocols"
 keywords = ["network", "framework", "async", "futures"]
 homepage = "https://actix.rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/actix/actix-net.git"
diff --git a/actix-codec/src/lib.rs b/actix-codec/src/lib.rs
index 9e875409..dec30ba6 100644
--- a/actix-codec/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-codec/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Utilities for encoding and decoding frames.
+//! Codec utilities for working with framed protocols.
 //!
 //! Contains adapters to go from streams of bytes, [`AsyncRead`] and
 //! [`AsyncWrite`], to framed streams implementing [`Sink`] and [`Stream`].