diff --git a/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f040ec5696c..d86642934b77 100644
--- a/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.4.0+1
+
+* Updates `README.md` to describe a hit-testing issue when Flutter widgets are overlaid on top of the Map widget.
+
 ## 0.4.0
 
 * Implements the new platform interface versions of `buildView` and
diff --git a/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/README.md b/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/README.md
index 9e7ce94e3e59..692814731bec 100644
--- a/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/README.md
+++ b/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/README.md
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ There's no `defaultMarkerWithHue` in web. If you need colored pins/markers, you
 Indoor and building layers are still not available on the web. Traffic is.
 
 Only Android supports "[Lite Mode](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-sdk/lite)", so the `liteModeEnabled` constructor argument can't be set to `true` on web apps.
+
+Google Maps for web uses `HtmlElementView` to render maps. When a `GoogleMap` is stacked below other widgets, [`package:pointer_interceptor`](https://www.pub.dev/packages/pointer_interceptor) must be used to capture mouse events on the Flutter overlays. See issue [#73830](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/73830).
diff --git a/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/pubspec.yaml b/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/pubspec.yaml
index a05be66b83ba..9670e0f28e2e 100644
--- a/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: google_maps_flutter_web
 description: Web platform implementation of google_maps_flutter
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/main/packages/google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter_web
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+maps%22
-version: 0.4.0
+version: 0.4.0+1
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0"