diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f911a7c2..f53e27e4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## CHANGES WITH 39:
+
+  * document osbuild and selinux integration
+  * improvements to the CI
+
+Contributions from: Achilleas Koutsou, Christian Kellner, Sanne Raymaekers,
+                    Tomas Hozza
+
+— Grenoble, 2021-10-06
+
 ## CHANGES WITH 38:
 
   * host services: make file descriptor passing more robust by checking the fds
diff --git a/osbuild.spec b/osbuild.spec
index 9db5905a..d0c4efbd 100644
--- a/osbuild.spec
+++ b/osbuild.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global         forgeurl https://github.com/osbuild/osbuild
 %global         selinuxtype targeted
 
-Version:        38
+Version:        39
 
 %forgemeta
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92f7f1ba..4eabdecb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="osbuild",
-    version="38",
+    version="39",
     description="A build system for OS images",
     packages=["osbuild", "osbuild.formats", "osbuild.util"],
     license='Apache-2.0',