chore(release): 3.40.0

# [3.40.0](v3.39.0...v3.40.0) (2026-02-24)

### Features

* release v3.40.0 ([#2924](#2924)) ([4ba0149](4ba0149)), closes [#2877](#2877) [#2880](#2880) [#2881](#2881) [#2883](#2883) [#2878](#2878) [#2886](#2886) [#2887](#2887) [#2891](#2891) [#2888](#2888) [#2890](#2890) [#2879](#2879) [#2893](#2893) [#2897](#2897) [#2895](#2895) [#2898](#2898) [#2905](#2905) [#2907](#2907) [#2908](#2908) [#2894](#2894) [#2899](#2899) [#2906](#2906) [#2896](#2896) [#2910](#2910) [#2914](#2914) [#2913](#2913) [#2909](#2909) [#2916](#2916) [#2920](#2920) [#2921](#2921) [#2922](#2922) [#2923](#2923) [#2926](#2926) [#2927](#2927) [#2821](#2821)

Author: semantic-release-bot

charts/splunk-connect-for-syslog/Chart.yaml

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: splunk-connect-for-syslog
 description: Deploy Splunk Connect for Syslog
 type: application
-version: 3.39.0
-appVersion: "3.39.0"
+version: 3.40.0
+appVersion: "3.40.0"

package/etc/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.39.0
+3.40.0

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "splunk-connect-for-syslog"
-version = "3.39.0"
+version = "3.40.0"
 description = ""
 authors = ["rjha-splunk <rjha@splunk.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"