diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index bce6f767e..58ec07c1d 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-#### 0.3.3 November 04 2016
+#### 0.4.0 November 25 2016
 - .NET Standard 1.3 support.
 - Libraries are strong-named by default.
 - Redis codec.
+- Protocol Buffers 2 and 3 codecs.
+- Socket Datagram Channel.
+- Base64 encoder and decoder.
+- STEE uses ConcurrentQueue by default (queue impl is pluggable now).
 
 #### 0.3.2 June 22 2016
 - Better API alignment with final version of netty 4.1 (#125).
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Buffers/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Buffers/project.json
index 9e6b74cd3..21da9c2c6 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Buffers/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Buffers/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Buffers",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: buffer management",
   "description": "Buffer management in DotNetty",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "DotNetty.Common": {
       "target": "project"
     }
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1"
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Mqtt/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Mqtt/project.json
index bc01f5ff2..a31f1fc60 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Mqtt/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Mqtt/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Codecs.Mqtt",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: MQTT codec",
   "description": "MQTT codec for DotNetty",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "DotNetty.Common": {
       "target": "project"
     },
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1"
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Protobuf/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Protobuf/project.json
index 475d4d0c9..3d2a87bbe 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Protobuf/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Protobuf/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Codecs.Protobuf",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: Protobuf Proto3 codec",
   "description": "Protobuf Proto3 codec for DotNetty",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "DotNetty.Common": {
       "target": "project"
     },
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1"
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Codecs.ProtocolBuffers/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Codecs.ProtocolBuffers/project.json
index 62fa9d849..c4cc064cf 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Codecs.ProtocolBuffers/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Codecs.ProtocolBuffers/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Codecs.ProtocolBuffers",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: ProtocolBuffers Proto2 codec",
   "description": "ProtocolBuffers Proto2 codec for DotNetty",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "DotNetty.Common": {
       "target": "project"
     },
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "Microsoft.NETCore.Portable.Compatibility": "1.0.1",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1"
       },
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Redis/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Redis/project.json
index cc0a8438b..2829cc097 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Redis/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Codecs.Redis/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Codecs.Redis",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: Redis codec",
   "description": "Redis codec for DotNetty",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "DotNetty.Common": {
       "target": "project"
     },
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1"
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Codecs/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Codecs/project.json
index a931a6dbb..9321dcc34 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Codecs/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Codecs/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Codecs",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: codecs",
   "description": "General purpose codecs for DotNetty",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "DotNetty.Common": {
       "target": "project"
     },
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1"
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Common/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Common/project.json
index a3e4cbbb7..1756f868d 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Common/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Common/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Common",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: common routines",
   "description": "DotNetty common routines",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -21,17 +21,21 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging": "1.0.0" 
   },
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "System.Threading.Thread": "4.0.0",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1",
         "System.Net.NetworkInformation": "4.1.0"
       }
     },
-    "net451": {}
+    "net451": {
+      "frameworkAssemblies": {
+        "System.Runtime":  { "type": "build" } 
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Handlers/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Handlers/project.json
index 867f877c7..d6801a4bc 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Handlers/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Handlers/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Handlers",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: handlers",
   "description": "Application handlers for DotNetty",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "DotNetty.Common": {
       "target": "project"
     },
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "System.Net.Security": "4.0.0",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1"
       }
diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Transport/project.json b/src/DotNetty.Transport/project.json
index a325fffae..16df435c3 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Transport/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Transport/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
+{
   "name": "DotNetty.Transport",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "title": "DotNetty: transport model",
   "description": "Transport model in DotNetty",
   "language": "en-US",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "keyFile": "../../DotNetty.snk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
     "DotNetty.Common": {
       "target": "project"
     },
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.3": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
         "System.Reflection.TypeExtensions": "4.1.0",
         "System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1",
         "System.Net.Sockets": "4.1.0",