diff --git a/Updating-and-release-notes.md b/Updating-and-release-notes.md
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--- a/Updating-and-release-notes.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### Current version: `3.0.0b39`
+### Current version: `3.0.0b40`
 
 You can check the version installed by running `obi --version`
 
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ python3 setup.py install
 
 ### Release notes:
 
+* `3.0.0b40`: 
+  - Fixed compilation issue with latest versions of gcc
+
 * `3.0.0b39`: 
   - `export`: fixed a bug where exporting to tab format with a header would not export the first line of data