[maven-release-plugin] prepare release 1.0-RC40
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee8487d..7df2cb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <artifactId>fortress-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Fortress Core</name>
-  <version>1.0-RC40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0-RC40</version>
   <inceptionYear>2007</inceptionYear>
   <description>
     Apache Fortress is a standards-based Identity and Access Management SDK that implements ANSI RBAC INCITS 359.