diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 005f4b9..20ff429 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ libxml++-2.30.0.tar.bz2
 /libxml++-2.38.0.tar.xz
 /libxml++-2.38.1.tar.xz
 /libxml++-2.40.0.tar.xz
+/libxml++-2.40.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/libxml++.spec b/libxml++.spec
index 934623d..0e287ef 100644
--- a/libxml++.spec
+++ b/libxml++.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %define release_version %(echo %{version} | awk -F. '{print $1"."$2}')
 
 Name:           libxml++
-Version:        2.40.0
+Version:        2.40.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        C++ wrapper for the libxml2 XML parser library
 
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.la" -o -name '*.a' | xargs rm -f
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Nov 01 2015 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 2.40.1-1
+- Update to 2.40.1
+
 * Mon Sep 21 2015 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 2.40.0-1
 - Update to 2.40.0
 - Tighten -devel subpackage deps with _isa macro
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1e93310..93eb0ed 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c4a0a131cf149300b8edbb7fe1c19202  libxml++-2.40.0.tar.xz
+377a87bea899f2b4ff62df2418c3d8a6  libxml++-2.40.1.tar.xz