diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 7fc117095..91b9a8eb0 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Revision history for Verilator
 
 The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
-* Verilator 4.039 devel
+* Verilator 4.040 2020-08-15
 
 **    Version 4.040 is planned to be the final version that will
       support pre-C++11 compilers. Please move to C++11 or newer compilers.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ef3d58013..e672a3198 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 
 #AC_INIT([Verilator],[#.### YYYY-MM-DD])
 #AC_INIT([Verilator],[#.### devel])
-AC_INIT([Verilator],[4.039 devel],
+AC_INIT([Verilator],[4.040 2020-08-15],
         [https://verilator.org],
         [verilator],[https://verilator.org])
 # When releasing, also update header of Changes file
 # and commit using "devel release" or "Version bump" message
+# Then 'make maintainer-dist'
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(src/config_build.h)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile docs/Makefile src/Makefile src/Makefile_obj include/verilated.mk include/verilated_config.h verilator.pc verilator-config.cmake verilator-config-version.cmake)