diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 22edd29aa5ceffcfc823db9b9709c2dd385cfa0f..7a5d9e3a5ebbede7ad716f3f193cc18c86f8335f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.fury.io/kurtosis-tech/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kurtosis.list
             sudo apt update
-            sudo apt install kurtosis-cli=1.3.0
+            sudo apt install kurtosis-cli=1.4.0
             kurtosis engine start
       - checkout
       - when:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2d0cf6d664d9dc3667da13b7f857446f8c502315..3232ef0d42ced4b4b30d6563103361501b3c2f61 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.6.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.0
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11
-	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/api/golang v1.3.1
+	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/api/golang v1.4.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.36.2
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-mplex v0.9.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.12.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb1bc5479f4dc1b1a2895201eec6ac5a352b5084..b183dc9ae47dbf9c95ad3fa7eefdb05049b41a75 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis-portal/api/golang v0.0.0-20230818182330-1a86869414d2 h1:izciXrFyFR+ihJ7nLTOkoIX5GzBPIp8gVKlw94gIc98=
 github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis-portal/api/golang v0.0.0-20230818182330-1a86869414d2/go.mod h1:bWSMQK3WHVTGHX9CjxPAb/LtzcmfOxID2wdzakSWQxo=
-github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/api/golang v1.3.1 h1:EBvFnz/mfiIw9a4q3ivBJiapqUiFHanAQh/Cv/jLzV4=
-github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/api/golang v1.3.1/go.mod h1:9T22P7Vv3j5g6sbm78DxHQ4s9C4Cj3s9JjFQ7DFyYpM=
+github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/api/golang v1.4.0 h1:Iczs8diUFpbl4R2JJoofu6R/ZDwBsHe0O6wot45fxgQ=
+github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/api/golang v1.4.0/go.mod h1:9T22P7Vv3j5g6sbm78DxHQ4s9C4Cj3s9JjFQ7DFyYpM=
 github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/contexts-config-store v0.0.0-20230818184218-f4e3e773463b h1:hMoIM99QKcYQqsnK4AF7Lovi9ZD9ac6lZLZ5D/jx2x8=
 github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/contexts-config-store v0.0.0-20230818184218-f4e3e773463b/go.mod h1:4pFdrRwDz5R+Fov2ZuTaPhAVgjA2jhGh1Izf832sX7A=
 github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/grpc-file-transfer/golang v0.0.0-20230803130419-099ee7a4e3dc h1:7IlEpSehmWcNXOFpNP24Cu5HQI3af7GCBQw//m+LnvQ=