diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b9f054386..1cdef279a 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ consumption to do the same tasks.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.40.1 [future]
+0.40.1 [2025-03-18]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - Do not count background processes by default for :opt:`confirm_os_window_close` (:iss:`8358`)
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 273337e07..c4ae13723 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 40, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 40, 1)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat