diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f90b3ec4..f9a68af0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 1.40.0 [unreleased]
+## 1.40.0 [2024-01-30]
 
 ### Features
 1. [#625](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/625): Make class `Point` equatable
diff --git a/influxdb_client/version.py b/influxdb_client/version.py
index e33b8426..f8c5bb31 100644
--- a/influxdb_client/version.py
+++ b/influxdb_client/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version of the Client that is used in User-Agent header."""
 
-VERSION = '1.40.0dev0'
+VERSION = '1.40.0'