diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 645889c623..50d912b4aa 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.140.9 (2026-07-28)
+
 ### Fixes
 
 * 🐛 Fix `exclude_defaults` not propagated to dict keys and values in `jsonable_encoder`. PR [#16043](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/16043) by [@MBGrao](https://github.com/MBGrao).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index fa5dcd6cfc..e138ffe037 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__ = "0.140.8"
+__version__ = "0.140.9"
 
 from starlette import status as status