diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e55cb0374..78bb44487 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [5.0.0-alpha]
+
+### Changed
+- Updated the toolchain version used by `ink_linting` - [#1616](https://github.com/paritytech/cargo-contract/pull/1616)
+- Bump the version of `subxt` and `subxt-signer` - [#1722](https://github.com/use-ink/cargo-contract/pull/1722)
+
+### Removed
+- Remove support for `V11` metadata [#1722](https://github.com/use-ink/cargo-contract/pull/1722)
+
+## [4.1.2]
+
+### Fixed
+- Fix "chain configuration not found" error - [#1786](https://github.com/paritytech/cargo-contract/pull/1786)
 
 ## [4.1.1]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 728bf5eca..963601a8d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-contract"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ checksum = "cd7e35aee659887cbfb97aaf227ac12cad1a9d7c71e55ff3376839ed4e282d08"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "contract-analyze"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "contract-metadata",
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "contract-build"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "blake2",
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "contract-extrinsics"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "contract-metadata"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "impl-serde",
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "contract-transcode"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
diff --git a/crates/analyze/Cargo.toml b/crates/analyze/Cargo.toml
index 29ea32cec..71af0f104 100644
--- a/crates/analyze/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/analyze/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "contract-analyze"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ keywords = ["wasm", "parity", "webassembly", "blockchain", "edsl"]
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "*.rs", "LICENSE"]
 
 [dependencies]
-contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../metadata" }
+contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../metadata" }
 parity-wasm = { version = "0.45.0" }
 anyhow = "1.0.81"
 
diff --git a/crates/build/Cargo.toml b/crates/build/Cargo.toml
index bc45659ec..2d5dd682a 100644
--- a/crates/build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/build/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "contract-build"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ tokio-stream = "0.1"
 bollard = "0.16"
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 
-contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../metadata" }
+contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../metadata" }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 uzers = "0.11"
diff --git a/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml b/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
index afb8b3052..d5d757a90 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cargo-contract"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ include = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-contract-build = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../build" }
-contract-extrinsics = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../extrinsics" }
-contract-transcode = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../transcode" }
-contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../metadata" }
-contract-analyze = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../analyze" }
+contract-build = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../build" }
+contract-extrinsics = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../extrinsics" }
+contract-transcode = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../transcode" }
+contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../metadata" }
+contract-analyze = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../analyze" }
 
 anyhow = "1.0.81"
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
diff --git a/crates/cargo-contract/src/cmd/config.rs b/crates/cargo-contract/src/cmd/config.rs
index 57e02a97f..5c2872719 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-contract/src/cmd/config.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-contract/src/cmd/config.rs
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ macro_rules! call_with_config_internal {
                 stringify!($config) => $obj.$function::<$config>().await,
             )*
             _ => {
-
-                let configs = vec![$(stringify!($config)),*].iter()
-                .map(|s| s.trim_start_matches("crate::cmd::config::"))
+              let configs = vec![$(stringify!($config)),*].iter()
+                .map(|s| s.replace(" ", ""))
+                .map(|s| s.trim_start_matches("$crate::cmd::config::").to_string())
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                 .join(", ");
                 Err(ErrorVariant::Generic(
                     contract_extrinsics::GenericError::from_message(
-                        format!("Chain configuration not found, Allowed configurations: {configs}")
+                        format!("Chain configuration {} not found, allowed configurations: {configs}", $config_name)
                 )))
             },
         }
@@ -233,14 +233,44 @@ macro_rules! call_with_config_internal {
 }
 
 /// Macro that allows calling the command member function with chain configuration
+///
+/// # Developer Note
+///
+/// In older Rust versions the macro `stringify!($crate::foo)` expanded to
+/// `"$crate::foo"`. This behavior changed with https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/125174,
+/// `stringify!` expands to `"$crate :: foo"` now. In order to support both older and
+/// newer Rust versions our macro has to handle both cases, spaced and non-spaced.
+///
+/// # Known Limitation
+///
+///  The `$config_name:expr` has to be in the `$crate::cmd::config` crate and cannot
+/// contain  another `::` sub-path.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! call_with_config {
     ($obj:tt, $function:ident, $config_name:expr) => {{
-        let config_name = format!("crate::cmd::config::{}", $config_name);
+        assert!(
+            !format!("{}", $config_name).contains("::"),
+            "The supplied config name `{}` is not allowed to contain `::`.",
+            $config_name
+        );
+
+        let res_nonspaced = $crate::call_with_config_internal!(
+            $obj,
+            $function,
+            format!("$crate::cmd::config::{}", $config_name).as_str(),
+            // All available chain configs need to be specified here
+            $crate::cmd::config::Polkadot,
+            $crate::cmd::config::Substrate,
+            $crate::cmd::config::Ecdsachain
+        );
+        if !res_nonspaced.is_err() {
+            return res_nonspaced
+        }
+
         $crate::call_with_config_internal!(
             $obj,
             $function,
-            config_name.as_str(),
+            format!("$crate :: cmd :: config :: {}", $config_name).as_str(),
             // All available chain configs need to be specified here
             $crate::cmd::config::Polkadot,
             $crate::cmd::config::Substrate,
diff --git a/crates/extrinsics/Cargo.toml b/crates/extrinsics/Cargo.toml
index 8b9453444..085ad13cb 100644
--- a/crates/extrinsics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/extrinsics/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "contract-extrinsics"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.70"
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ keywords = ["wasm", "parity", "webassembly", "blockchain", "edsl"]
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "*.rs", "LICENSE",]
 
 [dependencies]
-contract-build = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../build" }
-contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../metadata" }
-contract-transcode = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../transcode" }
+contract-build = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../build" }
+contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../metadata" }
+contract-transcode = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../transcode" }
 
 anyhow = "1.0.81"
 blake2 = { version = "0.10.6", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/metadata/Cargo.toml b/crates/metadata/Cargo.toml
index 20b030baa..37162e67e 100644
--- a/crates/metadata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/metadata/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "contract-metadata"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/crates/metadata/compatibility_list.json b/crates/metadata/compatibility_list.json
index 6e128996b..e33c49637 100644
--- a/crates/metadata/compatibility_list.json
+++ b/crates/metadata/compatibility_list.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                 "=5.0.0-rc.1"
             ]
         },
-        "4.1.1": {
+        "4.1.2": {
             "ink": [
                 ">=5.0.0-rc.2",
                 "5.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/transcode/Cargo.toml b/crates/transcode/Cargo.toml
index a75bb933b..884d22a65 100644
--- a/crates/transcode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/transcode/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "contract-transcode"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.2"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 anyhow = "1.0.81"
 base58 = { version = "0.2.0" }
 blake2 = { version = "0.10.6", default-features = false }
-contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.1", path = "../metadata" }
+contract-metadata = { version = "4.1.2", path = "../metadata" }
 escape8259 = "0.5.2"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 indexmap = "2.2.6"