2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d3d67e53..0d10fe47 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = 5.39
+VERSION = 5.40
 NAME = rpmdrake
 
 DIRS = grpmi po data mime
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2c7dbc2a..16b20b5b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Version 5.40 - 6 December 2012, Thierry Vignaud
+
 - cleanups
 - add a fix for a rare crash (mga#7439)
 - look at _all_ config files and only those instead of manually