diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2a64ae707..6e6523327 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = vulnerablecode
-version = 38.6.0
+version = 39.0.0
 license = Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0
 
 # description must be on ONE line https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1390
diff --git a/vulnerablecode/__init__.py b/vulnerablecode/__init__.py
index 1fcaf41e8..8d42393dc 100644
--- a/vulnerablecode/__init__.py
+++ b/vulnerablecode/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import git
 
-__version__ = "38.6.0"
+__version__ = "39.0.0"
 
 
 PROJECT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent