diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index beeb4b71f..20c888bd6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.40.7"
+  ".": "0.40.8"
 }