diff --git a/bin/feedgnuplot b/bin/feedgnuplot
index 0ac2465..ce3965a 100755
--- a/bin/feedgnuplot
+++ b/bin/feedgnuplot
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use Text::ParseWords; # for shellwords
 use Pod::Usage;
 use Time::Piece;
 
-my $VERSION = 1.39;
+my $VERSION = 1.40;
 
 my %options;
 interpretCommandline();