diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 390e5b6..e15c44e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.amithkoujalgi</groupId>
     <artifactId>ollama4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.40</version>
 
   <name>Ollama4j</name>
   <description>Java library for interacting with Ollama API.</description>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:amithkoujalgi/ollama4j.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j</url>
-    <tag>v1.0.16</tag>
+    <tag>v1.0.40</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <build>