diff --git a/charts/spire/Chart.yaml b/charts/spire/Chart.yaml
index 00a0705..ef7008a 100644
--- a/charts/spire/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/spire/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: spire
 description: >
   A Helm chart for deploying the complete Spire stack including: spire-server, spire-agent, spiffe-csi-driver, spiffe-oidc-discovery-provider and spire-controller-manager.
 type: application
-version: 0.3.0
+version: 0.4.0
 appVersion: "1.5.5"
 keywords: ["spiffe", "spire", "spire-server", "spire-agent", "oidc", "spire-controller-manager"]
 home: https://github.com/spiffe/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/spire
diff --git a/charts/spire/README.md b/charts/spire/README.md
index b99a99c..78d0d1d 100644
--- a/charts/spire/README.md
+++ b/charts/spire/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <!-- This README.md is generated. Please edit README.md.gotmpl -->
 
-![Version: 0.3.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.3.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.5.5](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.5.5-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.4.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.5.5](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.5.5-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for deploying the complete Spire stack including: spire-server, spire-agent, spiffe-csi-driver, spiffe-oidc-discovery-provider and spire-controller-manager.
 
diff --git a/release-chart.sh b/release-chart.sh
index 99fbf7e..6b3f273 100755
--- a/release-chart.sh
+++ b/release-chart.sh
@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@ if [ ! -f "charts/${chart}/Chart.yaml" ] ; then
   print_error_and_exit "no chart named '${chart}' in charts folder"
 fi
 
+branch_name="bump-${chart}-version"
+
 git checkout main
 git pull
-git checkout --track -B "bump-${chart}-version" main
+git checkout --track -B "${branch_name}" main
 commits_since_previous_release="$(git log "${chart}-${current_version}..HEAD" --pretty=format:'* %h %s')"
 "${SED}" -i "s/version: ${current_version}/version: ${new_version}/" "charts/${chart}/Chart.yaml"
 ./helm-docs.sh
@@ -131,5 +133,19 @@ Please review the below changelog to ensure this matches up with the semantic ve
 ${commits_since_previous_release}
 EOF
 
+if [ -n "${dry_run}" ] ; then
+  echo >&2
+  echo >&2 "If you choose not to submit the PR please run following commands to cleanup the branch:"
+  echo >&2
+  echo >&2 "  git checkout main"
+  echo >&2 "  git push origin :${branch_name}"
+  echo >&2 "  git branch -D ${branch_name}"
+  echo >&2
+  echo >&2 'If you choose to submit the PR, please run following:'
+  echo >&2
+  echo >&2 "  gh pr merge --auto -r -d"
+  exit
+fi
+
 gh pr merge --auto -r -d
 git checkout main