diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 508db79e9..9491c7d3f 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.40.0
+
 * Add notes to docs about installing `python-multipart` when using forms. PR [#574](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/574) by [@sliptonic](https://github.com/sliptonic).
 * Generate OpenAPI schemas in alphabetical order. PR [#554](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/554) by [@dmontagu](https://github.com/dmontagu).
 * Add support for truncating docstrings from *path operation functions*.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 4ab612254..dd6fd0398 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__ = "0.39.0"
+__version__ = "0.40.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks