diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a062059a48..cec5f87c57a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@ next release
 
 ### UI Changes
 
+1.40.0 (2022-12-07)
+-------------------
+
+#### New Features
+
+* Release signing ([@jkowall](https://github.com/jkowall) in [#4033](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pull/4033))
+
+#### Bug fixes, Minor Improvements
+
+* Fix cassandra schema scripts to be able to run from a remote node ([@yurishkuro](https://github.com/yurishkuro) in [#4087](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pull/4087))
+* Catch panic from Prometheus client on invalid label strings ([@yurishkuro](https://github.com/yurishkuro) in [#4051](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pull/4051))
+* Span tags of type int64 may lose precision ([@shubbham1215](https://github.com/shubbham1215) in [#4034](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pull/4034))
+
+### UI 
+
+* UI pinned to version [1.27.3](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-ui/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v1273-2022-12-07).
+
+
 1.39.0 (2022-11-01)
 -------------------
 ### Backend Changes
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index bfd8f489b2e..ee6b6fd5aa9 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Here are the release managers for future versions with the tentative release dat
 
 | Version | Release Manager | Tentative release date |
 |---------|-----------------|------------------------|
-| 1.40.0  | @joe-elliott    | 7 December  2022       |
 | 1.41.0  | @albertteoh     | 4 January   2023       |
 | 1.42.0  | @yurishkuro     | 1 February  2023       |
 | 1.43.0  | @pavolloffay    | 8 March  2023          |
+| 1.44.0  | @joe-elliott    | 5 April  2023          |
diff --git a/jaeger-ui b/jaeger-ui
index 5db57f5b7e2..7c2adbf259c 160000
--- a/jaeger-ui
+++ b/jaeger-ui
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5db57f5b7e2772e7e5204662b630a0c39f44ee82
+Subproject commit 7c2adbf259c0936e40723a0a62ad1f74b8d2b1d2