Release 3.40.0
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 6d25f44..e2483fc 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-version = __version__ = "3.39.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.40.0"
__all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index b440ec5..c2d1c9f 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.40.0 (released 2019-04-08)
+----------------------------
+
- [subset] Fixed error while subsetting ``VVAR`` with ``--retain-gids``
option (#1552).
- [designspaceLib] Use up-to-date default location in ``findDefault`` method
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4d53ab1..d7e71bb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
[bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.39.1.dev0
+current_version = 3.40.0
commit = True
tag = False
tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04acbaa..b521dcc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
setup(
name="fonttools",
- version="3.39.1.dev0",
+ version="3.40.0",
description="Tools to manipulate font files",
author="Just van Rossum",
author_email="just@letterror.com",
