Pre-steps for release : 6.2.40.Final

Hibernate-CI · Hibernate-CI · commit b1e7c5a4d648 · 2025-07-06T00:02:47.000Z
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
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 Note: Please refer to JIRA to learn more about each issue.
 
+Changes in 6.2.40.Final (July 06, 2025)
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+
+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/34099
+
+** Bug
+    * [HHH-19464] - Storing a binary data into BLOB on Oracle cutting off its content.
+    * [HHH-18898] - Specific mistake in HQL gives NullPointerException in AbstractSqlAstTranslator
+
+
 Changes in 6.2.39.Final (June 29, 2025)
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diff --git a/gradle/version.properties b/gradle/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hibernateVersion=6.2.40-SNAPSHOT
+hibernateVersion=6.2.40.Final
