diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a136db1..4ede336 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -172,3 +172,4 @@ gnome-desktop-2.90.4.tar.bz2
 /gnome-desktop-3.38.2.tar.xz
 /gnome-desktop-3.38.3.tar.xz
 /gnome-desktop-40.alpha.0.tar.xz
+/gnome-desktop-40.beta.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-desktop3.spec b/gnome-desktop3.spec
index 7d099eb..53bec71 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop3.spec
+++ b/gnome-desktop3.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name: gnome-desktop3
-Version: 40~alpha.0
+Version: 40~beta
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Library with common API for various GNOME modules
 
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ cat %SOURCE5 >> $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/gnome-mimeapps.list
 %{_datadir}/installed-tests
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 21 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40~beta-1
+- Update to 40.beta
+
 * Wed Feb 10 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40~alpha.0-1
 - Update to 40~alpha.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b454699..772f6ff 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-desktop-40.alpha.0.tar.xz) = f282058b62707c1b3e7aeb967b8a68a6f9f1682768d0c7fa96e83cf1162fe9cf6b8bfe946342cacd681c77296e91b61ece0bf2301226ffe0e39ec560036fdaf7
+SHA512 (gnome-desktop-40.beta.tar.xz) = 8b7bcdaaa9015e90a851cf9f9677a0bfae029e355b11196c9d29c0f081713a01d07747df3554894eff55bd45c306a7dd5a8fcb098daea378bfd7b99400cbcc61