diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 668ab1029..165c192f4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM maven:3.8-jdk-11 as builder
-ENV MAXWELL_VERSION=1.40.5 KAFKA_VERSION=1.0.0
+ENV MAXWELL_VERSION=1.40.6 KAFKA_VERSION=1.0.0
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y upgrade \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d4a5b426..f806295a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ that reads MySQL binlogs and writes data changes as JSON to Kafka, Kinesis, and
 
 
 
-[↓ Download](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.40.5/maxwell-1.40.5.tar.gz) \|
+[↓ Download](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.40.6/maxwell-1.40.6.tar.gz) \|
 [⚝ Source / Community](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell) \|
 [☝ Getting Started](/quickstart) \|
 [☷ Reference](/config)
diff --git a/docs/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/docs/quickstart.md
index 7e3ecf53b..fee23164d 100644
--- a/docs/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Download
 ***
-- Download binary distro: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.40.5/maxwell-1.40.5.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.40.5/maxwell-1.40.5.tar.gz)
+- Download binary distro: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.40.6/maxwell-1.40.6.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.40.6/maxwell-1.40.6.tar.gz)
 - Sources and bug tracking is available on github: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell)
 
 **curl**:
 ```
-curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.40.5/maxwell-1.40.5.tar.gz \
+curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.40.6/maxwell-1.40.6.tar.gz \
        | tar zxvf -
-cd maxwell-1.40.5
+cd maxwell-1.40.6
 ```
 
 **docker**:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4459026df..eb96b18d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.zendesk</groupId>
   <artifactId>maxwell</artifactId>
-  <version>1.40.5</version>
+  <version>1.40.6</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>maxwell</name>