diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 183939f..4b65b74 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Emborg — Front-End to Borg Backup
 |downloads| |build status| |coverage| |rtd status| |pypi version| |python version|
 
 :Author: Ken Kundert
-:Version: 1.39.1
-:Released: 2024-05-27
+:Version: 1.40
+:Released: 2024-08-05
 
 *Emborg* is a simple command line utility to orchestrate backups. It is built as 
 a front-end to Borg, a powerful and fast deduplicating backup program.  With 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index c5722eb..5aff0bf 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.39.1'
+release = '1.40'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '.'.join(release.split('.')[0:2])
 
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 6969788..3ddc2ab 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 Emborg — Front-End to Borg Backup
 =================================
 
-| Version: 1.39.1
-| Released: 2024-05-27
+| Version: 1.40
+| Released: 2024-08-05
 | Please report all bugs and suggestions on GitHub_.
 
 
diff --git a/doc/releases.rst b/doc/releases.rst
index 0c7fc4a..9cde21b 100644
--- a/doc/releases.rst
+++ b/doc/releases.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Releases
 
 Latest development release
 --------------------------
-| Version: 1.39.1
-| Released: 2024-05-27
+| Version: 1.40
+| Released: 2024-08-05
 
 
 1.40 (2024-08-05)
diff --git a/emborg/__init__.py b/emborg/__init__.py
index 37039c8..30bac47 100644
--- a/emborg/__init__.py
+++ b/emborg/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.39.1"
-__released__ = "2024-05-27"
+__version__ = "1.40"
+__released__ = "2024-08-05"
 
 from .emborg import Emborg
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f28c739..4e72622 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "emborg"
-version = "1.39.1"
+version = "1.40"
 description = "Borg front end."
 readme = "README.rst"
 keywords = ["emborg", "borg", "borgmatic", "backups"]