diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 165d5dc6..3fd35be2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tar"
-version = "0.4.39"
+version = "0.4.40"
 authors = ["Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
 homepage = "https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs"