diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92a4fd84..502d243c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
-# Release 0.37.0-dev
-
-### New features since last release
-
-### Improvements 🛠
-
-### Breaking changes 💔
-
-### Deprecations 👋
-
-### Documentation 📝
+# Release 0.39.0
 
 ### Bug fixes 🐛
 
diff --git a/pennylane_rigetti/_version.py b/pennylane_rigetti/_version.py
index f658ad5c..87a36226 100644
--- a/pennylane_rigetti/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_rigetti/_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
    Version number (convention major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.37.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.39.0"