diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ec0e19..7cd3ecb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 /tar-0.4.37.crate
 /tar-0.4.38.crate
 /tar-0.4.39.crate
+/tar-0.4.40.crate
diff --git a/rust-tar.spec b/rust-tar.spec
index 516ee7b..455c537 100644
--- a/rust-tar.spec
+++ b/rust-tar.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %global crate tar
 
 Name:           rust-tar
-Version:        0.4.39
+Version:        0.4.40
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Rust implementation of a TAR file reader and writer
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fd9d0d7..a60b87b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (tar-0.4.39.crate) = a09273c7245d1a36a00b1c4708395c206a5d3f99fb0e33ffba8d5ebc54e7b0357609ae1a1238b75bc3585232aac5d552c0c1454013ad00f451ef463dc06eec67
+SHA512 (tar-0.4.40.crate) = 90bde0dfca91b6c304d5bcd4c93c653c066b76592927f5ed3025752d6d0244c0d5786c44af99df94dd6cc7a417663205d86f406a3b60f7307ca3c1757239bc12