diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08dc45414c..ad97ee5263 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ You can include this library from Sonatype OSS for SNAPSHOTS, or Maven central f
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.40</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ To add swagger parsing support for older versions of swagger, add the `compat` m
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-compat-spec-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.40</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
diff --git a/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
index 0045f67ffe..55c3b7ad83 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.40</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
index a383b3dfc2..40e967eed2 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.40</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cddc97e54e..df625f6f17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.40</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-parser-project</name>
     <developers>