diff --git a/motioneye/__init__.py b/motioneye/__init__.py
index feab6950b..104c7f2c8 100644
--- a/motioneye/__init__.py
+++ b/motioneye/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-VERSION = "0.40rc5"
+VERSION = "0.40"