diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 420504bc..672c1525 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.39.0 – 2022-10-18
+
+- Add option to ignore variables from the concatenation
+- Fix to work with older BASTA files
+
 ## 1.38.0 – 2022-10-16
 
 - Avoid classifying lidar-only signals as ice close to surface
diff --git a/cloudnetpy/version.py b/cloudnetpy/version.py
index bc36bc6d..51fa92c6 100644
--- a/cloudnetpy/version.py
+++ b/cloudnetpy/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 MAJOR = 1
-MINOR = 38
+MINOR = 39
 PATCH = 0
 __version__ = f"{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}"