diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e2cb66ca..ae9f0b8b 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.38
+current_version = 0.9.40
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<build>\d+))?
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9e283c5b..f81283f3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.39
+0.9.40