diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b172988d5db..ba734fb35dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,8 +2,19 @@
 List of major changes and improvements between releases
 =======================================================
 
-Yosys 0.39 .. Yosys 0.40-dev
+Yosys 0.39 .. Yosys 0.40
 --------------------------
+ * New commands and options
+    - Added option "-vhdl2019" to "read" and "verific" pass. 
+
+ * Various
+    - Major documentation overhaul.
+    - Added port statistics to "stat" command.
+    - Added new formatting features to cxxrtl backend.
+
+ * Verific support
+    - Added better support for VHDL constants import.
+    - Added support for VHDL 2009.
 
 Yosys 0.38 .. Yosys 0.39
 --------------------------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f8d628010c5..e7ed6c9fedc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ LIBS += -lrt
 endif
 endif
 
-YOSYS_VER := 0.39+183
+YOSYS_VER := 0.40
 
 # Note: We arrange for .gitcommit to contain the (short) commit hash in
 # tarballs generated with git-archive(1) using .gitattributes. The git repo
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ endif
 OBJS = kernel/version_$(GIT_REV).o
 
 bumpversion:
-	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 0033808.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
+#	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 0033808.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
 
 # set 'ABCREV = default' to use abc/ as it is
 #