diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc2f8084..c7b0f6a1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ set(ASSERT_MAGIC_ENUM_REPO "https://github.com/Neargye/magic_enum.git")
 set(ASSERT_MAGIC_ENUM_TAG "e55b9b54d5cf61f8e117cafb17846d7d742dd3b4") # v0.9.5
 
 set(ASSERT_CPPTRACE_REPO "https://github.com/jeremy-rifkin/cpptrace.git")
-set(ASSERT_CPPTRACE_TAG "e8fd01bbe12f827cb34f9baa8260670554f93294") # v0.3.1 + dev
+set(ASSERT_CPPTRACE_TAG "7fda402638875e6a265ba5e6ed376dcee4bd29fa") # v0.4.0
 
 # obtain cpptrace
 if(ASSERT_USE_EXTERNAL_CPPTRACE)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee763f2e..0156713c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ Note: Extra diagnostics are only evaluated in the failure path of an assertion.
 
 A lot of work has been put into generating pretty stack traces and formatting them as nicely as
 possible. [Cpptrace](https://github.com/jeremy-rifkin/cpptrace) is used as a portable and
-self-contained solution for stacktraces pre-C++23. Optional configurations can be found on the
-library's page.
+self-contained solution for stacktraces pre-C++23. Optional configurations can be found in the
+library's documentation.
 
 One feature worth noting is that instead of always printing full paths, only the minimum number of
 directories needed to differentiate paths are printed.