diff --git a/VERSION.json b/VERSION.json
index e6603ba50..26bb83c30 100644
--- a/VERSION.json
+++ b/VERSION.json
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
   "upstream_digest_arm64": "sha256:a0264d60f80df12bc1e6dd98bae6c43debe6667c0ba482711f0d806493467a46",
   "upstream_image": "alpine",
   "upstream_tag": "3.19",
-  "version": "2.39.0"
+  "version": "2.40.0"
 }