diff --git a/docstore/mongodocstore/go.mod b/docstore/mongodocstore/go.mod
index 97b8c2dbb8..e1bc93b082 100644
--- a/docstore/mongodocstore/go.mod
+++ b/docstore/mongodocstore/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/wire v0.6.0
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.16.1
-	gocloud.dev v0.39.0
+	gocloud.dev v0.40.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -77,5 +77,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
-
-replace gocloud.dev => ../../
diff --git a/internal/useragent/useragent.go b/internal/useragent/useragent.go
index 4eea9344d1..3ef6bac983 100644
--- a/internal/useragent/useragent.go
+++ b/internal/useragent/useragent.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	prefix  = "go-cloud"
-	version = "0.39.0"
+	version = "0.40.0"
 )
 
 // ClientOption returns an option.ClientOption that sets a Go CDK User-Agent.
diff --git a/pubsub/kafkapubsub/go.mod b/pubsub/kafkapubsub/go.mod
index 3f09b93ac3..536ff7117c 100644
--- a/pubsub/kafkapubsub/go.mod
+++ b/pubsub/kafkapubsub/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ go 1.21.0
 require (
 	github.com/IBM/sarama v1.43.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	gocloud.dev v0.39.0
+	gocloud.dev v0.40.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -85,5 +85,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
-
-replace gocloud.dev => ../../
diff --git a/pubsub/natspubsub/go.mod b/pubsub/natspubsub/go.mod
index da2eb9b091..688162b050 100644
--- a/pubsub/natspubsub/go.mod
+++ b/pubsub/natspubsub/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.23
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.37.0
-	gocloud.dev v0.39.0
+	gocloud.dev v0.40.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -44,5 +44,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
-
-replace gocloud.dev => ../../
diff --git a/pubsub/rabbitpubsub/go.mod b/pubsub/rabbitpubsub/go.mod
index 832427f2f1..e34e69c9d0 100644
--- a/pubsub/rabbitpubsub/go.mod
+++ b/pubsub/rabbitpubsub/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.10.0
-	gocloud.dev v0.39.0
+	gocloud.dev v0.40.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -70,5 +70,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
-
-replace gocloud.dev => ../../
diff --git a/runtimevar/etcdvar/go.mod b/runtimevar/etcdvar/go.mod
index df6d9081d2..7975c4902e 100644
--- a/runtimevar/etcdvar/go.mod
+++ b/runtimevar/etcdvar/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	go.etcd.io/etcd v3.3.27+incompatible
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.15
-	gocloud.dev v0.39.0
+	gocloud.dev v0.40.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0
 )
 
@@ -79,5 +79,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240812133136-8ffd90a71988 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
-
-replace gocloud.dev => ../../
diff --git a/samples/go.mod b/samples/go.mod
index 3a53fedb00..fc3b4d9da3 100644
--- a/samples/go.mod
+++ b/samples/go.mod
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/streadway/amqp v1.0.0
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
-	gocloud.dev v0.39.0
-	gocloud.dev/docstore/mongodocstore v0.39.0
-	gocloud.dev/pubsub/kafkapubsub v0.39.0
-	gocloud.dev/pubsub/natspubsub v0.39.0
-	gocloud.dev/pubsub/rabbitpubsub v0.39.0
-	gocloud.dev/secrets/hashivault v0.39.0
+	gocloud.dev v0.40.0
+	gocloud.dev/docstore/mongodocstore v0.40.0
+	gocloud.dev/pubsub/kafkapubsub v0.40.0
+	gocloud.dev/pubsub/natspubsub v0.40.0
+	gocloud.dev/pubsub/rabbitpubsub v0.40.0
+	gocloud.dev/secrets/hashivault v0.40.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240812133136-8ffd90a71988
 	gopkg.in/pipe.v2 v2.0.0-20140414041502-3c2ca4d52544
 )
@@ -170,15 +170,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
-
-replace gocloud.dev => ../
-
-replace gocloud.dev/docstore/mongodocstore => ../docstore/mongodocstore
-
-replace gocloud.dev/pubsub/kafkapubsub => ../pubsub/kafkapubsub
-
-replace gocloud.dev/pubsub/natspubsub => ../pubsub/natspubsub
-
-replace gocloud.dev/pubsub/rabbitpubsub => ../pubsub/rabbitpubsub
-
-replace gocloud.dev/secrets/hashivault => ../secrets/hashivault
diff --git a/secrets/hashivault/go.mod b/secrets/hashivault/go.mod
index 2bffab317e..dbc5ec2403 100644
--- a/secrets/hashivault/go.mod
+++ b/secrets/hashivault/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.14.0
-	gocloud.dev v0.39.0
+	gocloud.dev v0.40.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -84,5 +84,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
-
-replace gocloud.dev => ../../