diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5bb175e..7fcea16 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@
 /gnote-3.38.0.tar.xz
 /gnote-3.38.1.tar.xz
 /gnote-40.alpha.tar.xz
+/gnote-40.beta.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnote.spec b/gnote.spec
index cb7e5b7..94261d8 100644
--- a/gnote.spec
+++ b/gnote.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:           gnote
-Version:        40~alpha
+Version:        40~beta
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Note-taking application
 
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/gnote.desktop
 %{_mandir}/man1/gnote.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 21 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40~beta-1
+- Update to 40.beta
+
 * Fri Feb 19 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40~alpha-1
 - Update to 40.alpha
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 71ed2ca..bc2892a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnote-40.alpha.tar.xz) = 069fbc64aab382defd69ef44694bd931cd17da5d11175d00c54c2fc33b2d6f3a55bb6e38830cea92b1ca0c8727c60ed1fbe0a18d74779ad1cb153d66c3b8983f
+SHA512 (gnote-40.beta.tar.xz) = 33d241c5d7d726cfc66e11cb5345ba530cf6448778cb2cbdb558e1d160b24c5f5df704e58e83a9c49736361c253eb062291594ebe784e5b56ae7acbb5869082c