diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 25bc6f55..e85c488f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+40.7
+====
+ * Bump version
+
 40.6
 ====
 * window-list: Update window tracking to avoid missing icons [Florian; #372]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 41a7e99d..a1b82994 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '40.6',
+  version: '40.7',
   meson_version: '>= 0.44.0',
   license: 'GPL2+'
 )