diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index ddd2308..6133f77 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.9
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 627106 Add DOCS to environment blacklist
+    - Bug 628386 dev-python/pycparser-2.18 breaks "ebuild" command
+    - Bug 629010 Ban get_libdir in global scope
+    - Bug 629146 RepoConfigLoader: Fix compatibility with Python 3.7
+    - Bug 629148 gnome2-utils postinst: Restrict file types for false positives
+    - Bug 630538 Fix emerge --info when using webrsync (regression)
+    - Bug 630730 AsynchronousLock: missing dummy_threading for Python 3.7
+
+
 portage-2.3.8
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 158c21e..0b658a2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.8',
+	version = '2.3.9',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',