diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 382d8e12..abdcddc0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ enable_testing()
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH 38)
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH 39)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING")
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3c2fecae..a381dba0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 NEWS
 ====
 
-- 1.4.38
+- 1.4.39
+
+- 1.4.38 - 2015-12-05
   * [stat-cache] fix handling of collisions, might have returned wrong data (fixes #2669)
   * [core] allocate at least 4k buffer for incoming data
   * [core] fix search for header end if split across chunks (fixes #2670)
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 9106c6f5..6c0de6d2 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import string
 from stat import *
 
 package = 'lighttpd'
-version = '1.4.38'
+version = '1.4.39'
 
 def checkCHeaders(autoconf, hdrs):
 	p = re.compile('[^A-Z0-9]')
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bab62663..25e6b711 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT([lighttpd], [1.4.38], [contact@lighttpd.net])
+AC_INIT([lighttpd], [1.4.39], [contact@lighttpd.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/server.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])