diff --git a/changedetectionio/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
index fbe9d09d..1b2753b3 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from flask_wtf import CSRFProtect
 from changedetectionio import html_tools
 from changedetectionio.api import api_v1
 
-__version__ = '0.39.22.1'
+__version__ = '0.40.0'
 
 datastore = None