From ed254f471e8526c9403cb141da150d019cc69164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarquessV <MarquessV@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 23:03:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: prepare release 4.0.0-rc.59 [skip ci]

---
 V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml             |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md b/V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
index 12f83e295..50d603622 100644
--- a/V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.0.0-rc.59
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- merging master reset version
+
+### Features
+
+- Update `qcs-sdk-python`, add `transpile_qasm_2` method to `AbstractCompiler`. (#1655)
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Corrected the ryy gate definition (#1603)
+- Return `FenceAll` when appropriate, `TemplateWaveform`s should no longer raise `ValueError`s when being constructed from certain `quil` instructions.  (#1654)
+- Program declarations should be empty after copy_everything_except_instructions (#1614)
+
 ## 4.0.0-rc.58
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5e787223..e96f06c9d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pyquil"
-version = "4.0.0-rc.58"
+version = "4.0.0-rc.59"
 description = "A Python library for creating Quantum Instruction Language (Quil) programs."
 authors = ["Rigetti Computing <softapps@rigetti.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"