diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/lib/devtools.dart b/packages/devtools_app/lib/devtools.dart
index 677e3fc1304..5f338083321 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/lib/devtools.dart
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/lib/devtools.dart
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 // the constant declaration `const version =`.
 // If you change the declaration you must also modify the regex in
 // tools/update_version.dart.
-const version = '2.40.0-dev.1';
+const version = '2.40.0-dev.2';
diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/pubspec.yaml b/packages/devtools_app/pubspec.yaml
index 55328e7dd66..278edd699e7 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ publish_to: none
 
 # Note: this version should only be updated by running tools/update_version.dart
 # that updates all versions of devtools packages (devtools_app, devtools_test).
-version: 2.40.0-dev.1
+version: 2.40.0-dev.2
 
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/devtools/tree/master/packages/devtools_app
 
diff --git a/tool/build_release.sh b/tool/build_release.sh
index 091a99a95a3..c88203ceef9 100755
--- a/tool/build_release.sh
+++ b/tool/build_release.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ rm -rf build/web
 flutter pub get
 
 flutter build web \
-  --web-renderer canvaskit \
+  --wasm \
   --pwa-strategy=offline-first \
   --release \
   --no-tree-shake-icons