diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc7295062..ce716c9a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 title: Changelog
 ---
 
+## version 2.39.0 - 2022/10/06
+
+
 
 * A range of improvements to the measurements panel including reference sera coloring
 and more informative tooltips. See [PR 1557](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/1557) for more.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f1e4aa4b3..93aa7a042 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "auspice",
-  "version": "2.38.0",
+  "version": "2.39.0",
   "description": "Web app for visualizing pathogen evolution",
   "author": "James Hadfield, Trevor Bedford and Richard Neher",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
diff --git a/src/version.js b/src/version.js
index fce4ea056..e88853c8e 100644
--- a/src/version.js
+++ b/src/version.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const version = "2.38.0";
+const version = "2.39.0";
 
 module.exports = {
   version