diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/go.mod b/util/update-manifest-releases/go.mod
index 43977457..33d85717 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/go.mod
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.24.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.1
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.1
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/go.sum b/util/update-manifest-releases/go.sum
index 2ee128c1..748ea584 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/go.sum
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/go.sum
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ github.com/mfridman/tparse v0.18.0 h1:wh6dzOKaIwkUGyKgOntDW4liXSo37qg5AXbIhkMV3v
 github.com/mfridman/tparse v0.18.0/go.mod h1:gEvqZTuCgEhPbYk/2lS3Kcxg1GmTxxU7kTC8DvP0i/A=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.1 h1:S4hj+HbZp40fNKuLUQOYLDgZLwNUVn19N3Atb98NCyI=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.1/go.mod h1:CLtbVInNckU3/+gC8LzkGUb9oF+e8W8TdUsxPwvdOgE=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.1 h1:1IJLAad4zjPn2PsnhH70V4DKRFlrCzGBNrNaru+Vf28=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.1/go.mod h1:hL6yVALoTOxeWudERyfppUcZXjMwIMLnuSfruD2lcfg=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0 h1:Vtol0e1MghCD2ZVIilPDIg44XSL9l2QAn8ZNaljWcJc=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0/go.mod h1:M/Uqpu/8qTjtzCLUA2zJHX9Iilrau25x1PdoSRbWh5A=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 h1:KvO1DLK/DRN07sQ1LQKScxyZJuNnedQ5/wKSR38lUII=
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
index 91e65521..9c94d0e6 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## 1.40.0
+
+We're adopting a new release strategy to minimize dependency bloat in projects that consume Gomega.  It is a limitation of the go mod toolchain that _test_ subdependencies of your project's direct dependencies get pulled in as *indirect* dependencies.  In the case of Gomega, this ends up pulling in all of Ginkgo into your `go.mod` even if you are only using Gomega (Gomega uses Ginkgo for its own tests).
+
+Going forward, releases will strip out all tests, tidy up the `go.mod` and then push this stripped down version to a new `master-lite` branch.  These stripped-down versions will receive the `vx.y.z` git tag and will be picked up by the go toolchain.
+
+Please open an issue if this new release process causes unexpected changes for your projects.
+
 ## 1.39.1
 
 Update all dependencies.  This auto-updated the required version of Go to 1.24, consistent with the fact that Go 1.23 has been out of support for almost six months.
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
index 87c70692..af1341bd 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
 )
 
-const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.39.1"
+const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.40.0"
 
 const nilGomegaPanic = `You are trying to make an assertion, but haven't registered Gomega's fail handler.
 If you're using Ginkgo then you probably forgot to put your assertion in an It().
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/modules.txt b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/modules.txt
index 45c91a90..1a4138f5 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/reporters
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/reporters
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types
-# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.1
+# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0
 ## explicit; go 1.24.0
 github.com/onsi/gomega
 github.com/onsi/gomega/format