diff --git a/.pubnub.yml b/.pubnub.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e435637a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pubnub.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: java
+features:
+  publish:
+   - STORE-FLAG
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1454f6ed4..4d54daddb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0.1
+4.0.2
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3ba163b4b..b4c5cf295 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'findbugs'
 }
 group = 'com.pubnub'
-version = '4.0.1'
+version = '4.0.2'
 
 description = """"""
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/pubnub/api/PubNub.java b/src/main/java/com/pubnub/api/PubNub.java
index 5ba130e55..60d1c5e4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/pubnub/api/PubNub.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/pubnub/api/PubNub.java
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 
 @Getter
@@ -49,18 +46,17 @@ public class PubNub {
     @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
     private PublishSequenceManager publishSequenceManager;
 
-    private String sdkVersion;
 
     private static final int TIMESTAMP_DIVIDER = 1000;
     private static final int MAX_SEQUENCE = 65535;
 
+    private static final String SDK_VERSION = "4.0.2";
+
     public PubNub(final PNConfiguration initialConfig) {
         this.configuration = initialConfig;
         this.subscriptionManager = new SubscriptionManager(this);
         this.basePathManager = new BasePathManager(initialConfig);
         this.publishSequenceManager = new PublishSequenceManager(MAX_SEQUENCE);
-
-        sdkVersion = fetchSDKVersion();
     }
 
     public String getBaseUrl() {
@@ -232,7 +228,7 @@ public int getTimestamp() {
      * @return version of the SDK.
      */
     public String getVersion() {
-        return sdkVersion;
+        return SDK_VERSION;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -249,21 +245,4 @@ public final void reconnect() {
         subscriptionManager.reconnect();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * fetch the SDK version from the resource files.
-     *
-     * @return Stringified representation of the SDK version.
-     */
-    private String fetchSDKVersion() {
-        Properties prop = new Properties();
-        InputStream in = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("version.properties");
-        try {
-            prop.load(in);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return "N/A";
-        }
-
-        return prop.getProperty("version");
-
-    }
 }