Prepare release 1.40.0 (#419)

otelbot[bot] · web-flow · commit c7c3cc731c8c · 2026-02-19T14:39:52.000-08:00
Co-authored-by: otelbot &lt;197425009+otelbot@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## Version 1.40.0 (2026-02-19)
 
 * Bump to semconv v1.40.0
   ([#418](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/pull/418))
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 // start - updated by ./.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
-val snapshot = true
+val snapshot = false
 // end
 
 // The release version of https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions used to generate classes
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-semconv.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-semconv.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-semconv-1.40.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-semconv-1.39.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-semconv-1.40.0.jar against opentelemetry-semconv-1.39.0.jar
 ***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.semconv.SchemaUrls  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
 	+++  NEW FIELD: PUBLIC(+) STATIC(+) FINAL(+) java.lang.String V1_40_0

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`@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {`
`7`	`7`	`}`
`8`	`8`
`9`	`9`	`// start - updated by ./.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml`
`10`		`-val snapshot = true`
	`10`	`+val snapshot = false`
`11`	`11`	`// end`
`12`	`12`
`13`	`13`	`// The release version of https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions used to generate classes`
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`@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@`
`1`		`-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-semconv-1.40.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-semconv-1.39.0.jar`
	`1`	`+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-semconv-1.40.0.jar against opentelemetry-semconv-1.39.0.jar`
`2`	`2`	`*** MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.semconv.SchemaUrls (not serializable)`
`3`	`3`	`=== CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0`
`4`	`4`	`+++ NEW FIELD: PUBLIC(+) STATIC(+) FINAL(+) java.lang.String V1_40_0`