diff --git a/smartmontools/configure.in b/smartmontools/configure.in
index 564152f9c483c61c1b3f6d8b87946ba97ecfed05..fd5bf318cc8964cead3b07618e9bcc54ec992304 100644
--- a/smartmontools/configure.in
+++ b/smartmontools/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
-AC_INIT(smartmontools, 5.39, smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(smartmontools, 5.40, smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(smartctl.cpp)
 
 smartmontools_configure_date=`date -u +'%Y-%m-%d %T %Z'`