diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 7287ab1f40..ca35294e83 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+9.39  2024-08-18
+
 9.38  2024-08-17
   - Added support for new core booleans in Perl 5.36+ to Mojo::JSON. (haarg)
   - Deprecated support for "'" package separators that have been deprecated in Perl. (Grinnz)
diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious.pm b/lib/Mojolicious.pm
index 14392d6b79..39b53a13a2 100644
--- a/lib/Mojolicious.pm
+++ b/lib/Mojolicious.pm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ has ua        => sub { Mojo::UserAgent->new };
 has validator => sub { Mojolicious::Validator->new };
 
 our $CODENAME = 'Waffle';
-our $VERSION  = '9.38';
+our $VERSION  = '9.39';
 
 sub BUILD_DYNAMIC {
   my ($class, $method, $dyn_methods) = @_;