diff --git a/kohaversion.pl b/kohaversion.pl
index e0e162693a..5494f01a28 100644
--- a/kohaversion.pl
+++ b/kohaversion.pl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ the kohaversion is divided in 4 parts :
 use strict;
 
 sub kohaversion {
-    our $VERSION = '3.09.00.038';
+    our $VERSION = '3.09.00.039';
     # version needs to be set this way
     # so that it can be picked up by Makefile.PL
     # during install