diff --git a/bucket/exiftool.json b/bucket/exiftool.json
index b3fd2fce65..7e7b1c885f 100644
--- a/bucket/exiftool.json
+++ b/bucket/exiftool.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-    "version": "12.39",
+    "version": "12.40",
     "description": "A command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.",
     "homepage": "https://exiftool.org",
     "license": "GPL-1.0-or-later|Artistic-1.0-Perl",
-    "url": "https://exiftool.org/exiftool-12.39.zip",
-    "hash": "sha1:3ef27dc60fed6fe5cb0e9493d3d71d84ba22d443",
+    "url": "https://exiftool.org/exiftool-12.40.zip",
+    "hash": "sha1:9428bb167512a8eec5891d3b8d2341427688f2f8",
     "pre_install": "Copy-Item \"$dir\\exiftool(-k).exe\" \"$dir\\exiftool.exe\"",
     "bin": [
         "exiftool.exe",