diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 0e59d9c4598f9820c17e221714e40ba678dc252d..9771a8c092801abbee376d8097e8c34a61ce1a25 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.38.1",
+  "version": "3.39.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index f87dce08d7ea1d762f2f0079e6a1f79a323c761f..b7fd34de823c75effc1cbcffc9c96d037858f083 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.38.1");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.39.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index eaa4a3159f26b45d7ee16d69ef0623d0c7caa1c9..f293b2fb065c356b75db0e90fafe67c5b9eb119a 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.38.1",
+  "version": "3.39.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 80136840ee45d72902e1d31d18515478469d036d..4e5e01e5103faa07edcf1eec91200af59bd6a96b 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.38.1")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.39.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();