diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62903e05ab9ca836c5cbc804cc4a18ce87c444ff..8bf3ac20c430826bd2d6bd0958fb075fd433cf6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ Next change the version in the following places:
 
 # Release Notes
 
+* 0.38.3 Upgraded to JupyterLab v4
 * 0.38.2 Fixed polling of some attributes required by Metadata device
          Wait 2s after enabling FPGA_processing_enable_RW to allow it to propagate
 * 0.38.1 Custom compiled casacore for improved beam-tracking performance
diff --git a/docker/jupyter-lab/Dockerfile b/docker/jupyter-lab/Dockerfile
index cea9f724b87d876ab14d1b749691685b73695b16..b19764fbcf13c7e3634c0fbfe050878768ae1530 100644
--- a/docker/jupyter-lab/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/jupyter-lab/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# needs to stay v 3 until https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-git/issues/1245
-FROM jupyter/scipy-notebook:lab-3.6.3
+FROM jupyter/scipy-notebook:latest
 
 USER root
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt \
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt \
     apt-get install -y git rsync
 
 USER ${NB_UID}
-RUN mamba install --yes jupyterlab-git && \
+RUN mamba install --yes 'jupyterlab-git>=0.50.0' && \
         mamba clean --all -f -y && \
         fix-permissions "${CONDA_DIR}" && \
         fix-permissions "/home/${NB_USER}"
diff --git a/docker/jupyter-lab/requirements.txt b/docker/jupyter-lab/requirements.txt
index 446d23996da8bffad6700e8d8d240d97641088e9..fcd27b51796d0830fbfde713da984f18556190a1 100644
--- a/docker/jupyter-lab/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker/jupyter-lab/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ipykernel
 nbconvert
 notebook-as-pdf
 PyPDF2==2.12.1 # until https://github.com/betatim/notebook-as-pdf/issues/40 hits a notebook-as-pdf release
-jupyterlab-git
+jupyterlab-git >= 0.50.0 # BSD-3
 
 # high-level access to station components
 lofar-station-client[tango]
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/VERSION b/tangostationcontrol/VERSION
index f2e78d495a04faa6e6838ebbec69daf395772e43..f2687f32e8878bb36f76e6cb14a4b09169e25f8b 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/VERSION
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.38.2
+0.38.3