From 44102f30eaadcd122899f5f801f28b83bd9a5111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:26:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] prepare next release

---
 VERSION                | 2 +-
 doc/source/changes.rst | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3fef00337..efb1eb44f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.38
+3.1.40
diff --git a/doc/source/changes.rst b/doc/source/changes.rst
index 431ad03e2..71f0bd74c 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.1.40
+======
+
+See the following for all changes.
+https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.40
+
 3.1.38
 ======