diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6a181673f..2be7fc1e10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
+## v1.3.9
+FEATURE
+BUGFIX
+IMPROVEMENT
+
 ## v1.3.8
 FEATURE
 * [\#2074](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2074) faucet: new faucet client
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 344df6518a..4bf65444c1 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 1  // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 3  // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 8  // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 9  // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )