diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 9411d15..2ccd9ea 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <param name="url">https://github.com/arighi/virtme-ng.git</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
     <param name="submodules">enable</param>
-    <param name="revision">v1.39</param>
+    <param name="revision">v1.40</param>
 	<param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-replacement">\1</param>
diff --git a/virtme-ng-1.39.tar.xz b/virtme-ng-1.39.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index d5f351c..0000000
--- a/virtme-ng-1.39.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:f8d17bc3901e3b7bd34a67ea7cd90500fcc0f3259cd6df626fccae504e658d59
-size 90108
diff --git a/virtme-ng-1.40.tar.xz b/virtme-ng-1.40.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b394c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtme-ng-1.40.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0ec2aa467695520052ad3f62cb4991a9a442204863deb5dfc91403bc700a0331
+size 91088
diff --git a/virtme.changes b/virtme.changes
index 0657339..636fc2d 100644
--- a/virtme.changes
+++ b/virtme.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  8 09:29:40 UTC 2025 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 1.40:
+  * No significant change, this is just a very small hotfix release
+    to solve a packaging problem introduced by a conflict with the
+    new vng-mcp tool.
+  * While at it, there're also some small improved hints in the MCP
+    server, so that AI agents can better understand how to build
+    the kernel using vng --build.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  1 11:11:05 UTC 2025 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/virtme.spec b/virtme.spec
index 1db5cd6..8f2f38f 100644
--- a/virtme.spec
+++ b/virtme.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %global pythons python311
 %endif
 Name:           virtme
-Version:        1.39
+Version:        1.40
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Tools for virtualize the running distro or a rootfs
 License:        GPL-2.0-only