diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index f43f962..a1b1f3d 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 30 01:49:13 UTC 2018 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- update to version 40.5.0:
+  * #1335: In pkg_resources.normalize_path, fix issue on Cygwin when
+    cwd contains symlinks.
+  * #1502: Deprecated support for downloads from Subversion in
+    package_index/easy_install.
+  * #1517: Dropped use of six.u in favor of u"" literals.
+  * #1520: Added support for data_files in setup.cfg.
+  * #1525: Fixed rendering of the deprecation warning in easy_install
+    doc.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 30 16:13:22 UTC 2018 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index ce7d349..9a65e00 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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 %define oldpython python
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+Version:        40.5.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Enhancements to distutils for building and distributing Python packages
 License:        Python-2.0 OR ZPL-2.0
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