diff --git a/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py b/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
index 35bc21fa8..9df9a3b65 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
@@ -152,4 +152,4 @@ __all__ = [
     "wrap_file_source",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "1.14.0a3"
+__version__ = "1.14.0a4"
diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
index 9fa051003..6be197911 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.14"
 dependencies = [
     "pytube~=15.0.0",
     "requests~=2.32.5",
-    "crewai==1.14.0a3",
+    "crewai==1.14.0a4",
     "tiktoken~=0.8.0",
     "beautifulsoup4~=4.13.4",
     "python-docx~=1.2.0",
diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
index bdaa0499b..5db3d05f1 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
@@ -305,4 +305,4 @@ __all__ = [
     "ZapierActionTools",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "1.14.0a3"
+__version__ = "1.14.0a4"
diff --git a/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
index a09fb4461..f845cd0a2 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tools = [
-    "crewai-tools==1.14.0a3",
+    "crewai-tools==1.14.0a4",
 ]
 embeddings = [
     "tiktoken~=0.8.0"
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
index 8a7d6dd3f..3df431554 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def _suppress_pydantic_deprecation_warnings() -> None:
 
 _suppress_pydantic_deprecation_warnings()
 
-__version__ = "1.14.0a3"
+__version__ = "1.14.0a4"
 _telemetry_submitted = False
 
 
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
index f48c68b3d..f2f9481be 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "{{name}} using crewAI"
 authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.0a3"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.0a4"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
index 59c0f7c91..348e13f1b 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "{{name}} using crewAI"
 authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.0a3"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.0a4"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
index 7d986532e..43410c18f 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "Power up your crews with {{folder_name}}"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.0a3"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.0a4"
 ]
 
 [tool.crewai]
diff --git a/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py b/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
index 8fa56e938..790ab4d18 100644
--- a/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """CrewAI development tools."""
 
-__version__ = "1.14.0a3"
+__version__ = "1.14.0a4"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 66b886731..2f0922173 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ resolution-markers = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-exclude-newer = "2026-04-03T16:45:28.209407Z"
+exclude-newer = "2026-04-04T15:11:41.651093Z"
 exclude-newer-span = "P3D"
 
 [manifest]
@@ -1400,7 +1400,6 @@ source = { editable = "lib/crewai-tools" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "beautifulsoup4" },
     { name = "crewai" },
-    { name = "docker" },
     { name = "pymupdf" },
     { name = "python-docx" },
     { name = "pytube" },
@@ -1537,7 +1536,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "crewai", editable = "lib/crewai" },
     { name = "cryptography", marker = "extra == 'snowflake'", specifier = ">=43.0.3" },
     { name = "databricks-sdk", marker = "extra == 'databricks-sdk'", specifier = ">=0.46.0" },
-    { name = "docker", specifier = "~=7.1.0" },
     { name = "exa-py", marker = "extra == 'exa-py'", specifier = ">=1.8.7" },
     { name = "firecrawl-py", marker = "extra == 'firecrawl-py'", specifier = ">=1.8.0" },
     { name = "gitpython", marker = "extra == 'github'", specifier = ">=3.1.41,<4" },
@@ -1820,20 +1818,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ba/5a/18ad964b0086c6e62e2e7500f7edc89e3faa45033c71c1893d34eed2b2de/dnspython-2.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:01d9bbc4a2d76bf0db7c1f729812ded6d912bd318d3b1cf81d30c0f845dbf3af", size = 331094, upload-time = "2025-09-07T18:57:58.071Z" },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "docker"
-version = "7.1.0"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-dependencies = [
-    { name = "pywin32", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
-    { name = "requests" },
-    { name = "urllib3" },
-]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/91/9b/4a2ea29aeba62471211598dac5d96825bb49348fa07e906ea930394a83ce/docker-7.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ad8c70e6e3f8926cb8a92619b832b4ea5299e2831c14284663184e200546fa6c", size = 117834, upload-time = "2024-05-23T11:13:57.216Z" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e3/26/57c6fb270950d476074c087527a558ccb6f4436657314bfb6cdf484114c4/docker-7.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c96b93b7f0a746f9e77d325bcfb87422a3d8bd4f03136ae8a85b37f1898d5fc0", size = 147774, upload-time = "2024-05-23T11:13:55.01Z" },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "docling"
 version = "2.75.0"