diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7148a332..7e8d0bd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.40.0](https://www.github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio-tools/compare/v0.39.1...v0.40.0) (2022-07-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable printing FILTER field for vcf-to-txt ([#242](https://www.github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio-tools/issues/242)) ([13bef65](https://www.github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio-tools/commit/13bef659588d9c7cfd81eaff459234c5659a99b8))
+
 ### [0.39.1](https://www.github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio-tools/compare/v0.39.0...v0.39.1) (2022-06-14)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eb48a526..ab237aa8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rust-bio-tools"
-version = "0.39.1"
+version = "0.40.0"
 authors = ["Johannes Köster <johannes.koester@tu-dortmund.de>", "Erik Clarke <ecl@pennmedicine.upenn.edu>"]
 description = "A set of fast and robust command line utilities for bioinformatics tasks based on Rust-Bio."
 license-file = "LICENSE.md"