diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 305edca..185f60d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a1cc18a..e76ea3d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="privx_api",
-    version="39.0.0",
+    version="40.0.0",
     packages=["privx_api"],
     license="Apache Licence 2.0",
     url="https://github.com/SSHcom/privx-sdk-for-python",