diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index e35b70c..e243142 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.39
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 646190 exclude soname deps for internal libs without DT_SONAME
+    - Bug 655656 signal wakeup fd BlockingIOError messages
+    - Bug 655996 SELinux enhancements for musl and cleanups
+    - Bug 656394 emerge -pf RuntimeError event loop is already running
+
+
 portage-2.3.38
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51b3103..f3f45f4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.38',
+	version = '2.3.39',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',