diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e339a53..0c37ae4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.39.2"
+  ".": "1.40.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f95893c..e9d286f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.40.0](https://github.com/sandworm-hq/sandworm-audit/compare/audit-v1.39.2...audit-v1.40.0) (2023-05-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* better vulnerability report retrieval errors ([2ce3e10](https://github.com/sandworm-hq/sandworm-audit/commit/2ce3e10ba70d11efc848e6f408daf69e66dfaed4))
+
 ## [1.39.2](https://github.com/sandworm-hq/sandworm-audit/compare/audit-v1.39.1...audit-v1.39.2) (2023-05-05)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4c41adb..5e4077e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sandworm/audit",
-  "version": "1.39.2",
+  "version": "1.40.0",
   "description": "Security & License Compliance For Your App's Dependencies 🪱",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "bin": {