From dbdcff4021f9d9efd4868acd6c3daf520f2b037d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: semantic-release <semantic-release>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:46:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 3.40.0

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 CHANGELOG.md   | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64c163ff..9ec82729 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 
+## v3.40.0 (2026-10-15)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- **widgets**: Remove CompactPopupWidget and all its usage
+  ([`c9a836f`](https://github.com/bec-project/bec_widgets/commit/c9a836f85098ea5ccdb35fc5189543cf79484daa))
+
+### Chores
+
+- Drop scan base-class filter and require BEC 4.0
+  ([`703513b`](https://github.com/bec-project/bec_widgets/commit/703513b1759a3832d87aa4a83ff704592104dbf7))
+
+### Features
+
+- **forms**: Show metadata validation errors under each field
+  ([`1a710e5`](https://github.com/bec-project/bec_widgets/commit/1a710e5a9c1e243cca44e9bc25a3339d96fc05d9))
+
+
 ## v3.39.5 (2026-10-09)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d968a377..09744cf1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "bec_widgets"
-version = "3.39.5"
+version = "3.40.0"
 description = "BEC Widgets"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 classifiers = [