diff --git a/Documentation/docinfo.xml b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
index 68d7c28a3..00008f6dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/docinfo.xml
+++ b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Version 2.3.8 - February 2016
-for version 2.3.8
-2016-02-05
+Version 2.3.9 - March 2016
+for version 2.3.9
+2016-03-16
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
diff --git a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
index 6eb866795..0d2bd4a7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
// TODO have the build system take care of this
-:release_version: 2.3.8
+:release_version: 2.3.9
// vim: set syntax=asciidoc tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d9629bab1..dcf16f083 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.3.9 (2016-XX-XX)
+2.3.9 (2016-03-16)
------------------
New features
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 284d4d6ae..56e6ed572 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
MAJOR_VERSION=2
MINOR_VERSION=3
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=8
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=9