diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c23ba16f7..3ee827079 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog 
 
+## 1.39.0
+
+- fix handling of `mvbox_watch`, `sentbox_watch`, `inbox_watch` #1654 #1658
+
+- fix potential panics, update dependencies #1650 #1655
+
+
 ## 1.38.0
 
 - fix sorting, esp. for multi-device
@@ -21,6 +28,8 @@
 - parse ndn (network delivery notification) reports
   and report failed messages as such #1552 #1622 #1630
 
+- add oauth2 support for gsuite domains #1626
+
 - read image orientation from exif before recoding #1619
 
 - improve logging #1593 #1598
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b975d99ac..62cae75be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.38.0"
+version = "1.39.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.12.1",
  "anyhow",
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.38.0"
+version = "1.39.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab7211294..1f13ac690 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.38.0"
+version = "1.39.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 719b1ff4b..d4f6c7424 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.38.0"
+version = "1.39.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"