From 1b38fcad645e8c3bd24fa4db4cf4eca334e317b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:27:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Post-release version bump

---
 NEWS        | 3 +++
 meson.build | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5b3f0b9d07..8483e775fb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.24.40, xx-xx-xxxx
+===============================================
+
 Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.24.39, 19-12-2023
 ===============================================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d3ed1afb26..0addfa0660 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gtk+', 'c',
-  version: '3.24.39',
+  version: '3.24.40',
   default_options: [
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',
     'warning_level=1'