chore release v0.40.0 (#1946)

Author: niklasad1

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.40.0] - 2025-03-06
+
+This release reverts the usage of the polkadot-sdk umbrella crate, which was causing issues such as an increased number of dependencies in Cargo.lock. For more details, see #1925.
+
+Additionally, this update bumps the Polkadot SDK-related dependencies to their latest versions, ensuring compatibility and stability.
+
+### Fixed
+- Remove usage of polkadot-sdk umbrella crate ([#1926](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/1926))
+
 ## [0.39.0] - 2025-02-04
 
 This release is mostly bug fixes and changes. The only change that should be a breaking change is removing the `substrate-compat` feature flag (see [#1850](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/1850)), which we'll go into more detail about.

Cargo.lock

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <[email protected]>"]
 edition = "2021"
-version = "0.39.0"
+version = "0.40.0"
 rust-version = "1.81.0"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR GPL-3.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/subxt"
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ sp-state-machine = { version = "0.44.0", default-features = false }
 sp-runtime = { version = "40.0.1", default-features = false }
 
 # Subxt workspace crates:
-subxt = { version = "0.39.0", path = "subxt", default-features = false }
-subxt-core = { version = "0.39.0", path = "core", default-features = false }
-subxt-macro = { version = "0.39.0", path = "macro" }
-subxt-metadata = { version = "0.39.0", path = "metadata", default-features = false }
-subxt-codegen = { version = "0.39.0", path = "codegen" }
-subxt-signer = { version = "0.39.0", path = "signer", default-features = false }
-subxt-lightclient = { version = "0.39.0", path = "lightclient", default-features = false }
-subxt-utils-fetchmetadata = { version = "0.39.0", path = "utils/fetch-metadata", default-features = false }
+subxt = { version = "0.40.0", path = "subxt", default-features = false }
+subxt-core = { version = "0.40.0", path = "core", default-features = false }
+subxt-macro = { version = "0.40.0", path = "macro" }
+subxt-metadata = { version = "0.40.0", path = "metadata", default-features = false }
+subxt-codegen = { version = "0.40.0", path = "codegen" }
+subxt-signer = { version = "0.40.0", path = "signer", default-features = false }
+subxt-lightclient = { version = "0.40.0", path = "lightclient", default-features = false }
+subxt-utils-fetchmetadata = { version = "0.40.0", path = "utils/fetch-metadata", default-features = false }
 test-runtime = { path = "testing/test-runtime" }
 substrate-runner = { path = "testing/substrate-runner" }