diff --git a/bigquery/.release-please-manifest.json b/bigquery/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3bb9a6c91c5b..f8adf98b6889 100644
--- a/bigquery/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/bigquery/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "bigquery": "1.40.0"
+    "bigquery": "1.40.1"
 }
diff --git a/bigquery/CHANGES.md b/bigquery/CHANGES.md
index e2ab5f9f3958..2f00d1d7e2bf 100644
--- a/bigquery/CHANGES.md
+++ b/bigquery/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 
 
+## [1.40.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/bigquery/v1.40.0...bigquery/v1.40.1) (2022-09-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **bigquery:** Parse timestamp query parameter with RFC3339 ([#6653](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/6653)) ([aabd2d6](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/aabd2d61c81ed598755656b4e7c3fd84dcd3b2d4))
+
 ## [1.40.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/bigquery/v1.39.0...bigquery/v1.40.0) (2022-09-08)
 
 
diff --git a/bigquery/internal/version.go b/bigquery/internal/version.go
index edb5f3479a06..4e57028109f0 100644
--- a/bigquery/internal/version.go
+++ b/bigquery/internal/version.go
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.40.0"
+const Version = "1.40.1"