diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 1279ac3f1..be8f67ad6 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.115.3
+
+### Upgrades
+
+* ⬆️ Upgrade Starlette to `>=0.40.0,<0.42.0`. PR [#12469](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/12469) by [@defnull](https://github.com/defnull).
+
 ### Docs
 
 * 📝 Fix broken link in docs. PR [#12495](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/12495) by [@eltonjncorreia](https://github.com/eltonjncorreia).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 77b52f35b..64d5dd39b 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.115.2"
+__version__ = "0.115.3"
 
 from starlette import status as status
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c934356d8..edfa81522 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "starlette>=0.37.2,<0.41.0",
+    "starlette>=0.40.0,<0.42.0",
     "pydantic>=1.7.4,!=1.8,!=1.8.1,!=2.0.0,!=2.0.1,!=2.1.0,<3.0.0",
     "typing-extensions>=4.8.0",
 ]