diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 372a364e49cfda017a40908b9796e28d5484e689..0bc0a959ea5623df8ccb2f45dc87b553fd875673 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<groupId>de.flapdoodle.embed</groupId>
 	<artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo</artifactId>
 	<name>Flapdoodle Embedded MongoDB</name>
-	<version>1.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.40</version>
 
 	<description>A embedded mongodb ...</description>
 	<url>http://github.com/flapdoodle-oss/embedmongo.flapdoodle.de</url>