diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4ab428d..7685d7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -457,3 +457,7 @@
 * Update Synapse to 1.39.0
 * [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.39.0)
 
+[1.29.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.40.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.40.0)
+
diff --git a/CloudronManifest.json b/CloudronManifest.json
index 5388f62..b4cf8ce 100644
--- a/CloudronManifest.json
+++ b/CloudronManifest.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "description": "file://DESCRIPTION.md",
   "changelog": "file://CHANGELOG",
   "tagline": "Secure & decentralized communication",
-  "version": "1.28.0-1",
+  "version": "1.29.0",
   "healthCheckPath": "/",
   "httpPort": 8008,
   "memoryLimit": 536870912,
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index 0bebf52..bced92e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This app packages Synapse <upstream>1.39.0</upstream>.
+This app packages Synapse <upstream>1.40.0</upstream>.
 
 **This package only provides the Matrix backend. A variety of clients are available
 [here](https://matrix.org/clients/). Riot is a popular web frontend for Matrix and