diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index abb142a4a..ea7d3f9cc 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Curl and libcurl 7.39.1
+Curl and libcurl 7.40.0
 
  Public curl releases:         143
  Command line options:         162
diff --git a/include/curl/curlver.h b/include/curl/curlver.h
index ff6199460..85bdcc9fb 100644
--- a/include/curl/curlver.h
+++ b/include/curl/curlver.h
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 
 /* This is the version number of the libcurl package from which this header
    file origins: */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.39.1-DEV"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.40.0-DEV"
 
 /* The numeric version number is also available "in parts" by using these
    defines: */
 #define LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR 7
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR 39
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR 40
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 /* This is the numeric version of the libcurl version number, meant for easier
    parsing and comparions by programs. The LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM define will
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
    and it is always a greater number in a more recent release. It makes
    comparisons with greater than and less than work.
 */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x072701
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x072800
 
 /*
  * This is the date and time when the full source package was created. The