diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 4a6195f8cc..45f5ce62f1 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.0.40 (2026-08-28)
+
 ### Docs
 
 * ✏️ Fix grammar and typos in docs. PR [#2058](https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/pull/2058) by [@YuriiMotov](https://github.com/YuriiMotov).
diff --git a/sqlmodel/__init__.py b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
index f7359f0c27..939941809c 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.39"
+__version__ = "0.0.40"
 
 # Re-export from SQLAlchemy
 from sqlalchemy.engine import create_engine as create_engine