diff --git a/hledger-1.34.tar.gz b/hledger-1.34.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index ba9b338..0000000
--- a/hledger-1.34.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7f4814c229032966039179cd2dc5d1bb14a25b1f60a4b57dfdbdc6ad14e9cf23
-size 780946
diff --git a/hledger-1.40.tar.gz b/hledger-1.40.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bf9244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger-1.40.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:679d56d1423d0986a4fe01fc802f44b74054a599f6bc5f66ec33bddad25d34a1
+size 815655
diff --git a/hledger.changes b/hledger.changes
index b38b187..ea99cf6 100644
--- a/hledger.changes
+++ b/hledger.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  9 21:16:33 UTC 2024 - Peter Simons <psimons@suse.com>
+
+- Update hledger to version 1.40.
+  Upstream has edited the change log file since the last release in
+  a non-trivial way, i.e. they did more than just add a new entry
+  at the top. You can review the file at:
+  http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-1.40/src/CHANGES.md
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jun  2 00:46:12 UTC 2024 - Peter Simons <psimons@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/hledger.spec b/hledger.spec
index 464cdaf..e1f0978 100644
--- a/hledger.spec
+++ b/hledger.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %global pkgver %{pkg_name}-%{version}
 %bcond_with tests
 Name:           %{pkg_name}
-Version:        1.34
+Version:        1.40
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Command-line interface for the hledger accounting system
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later