diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2febd70..6141677 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The `pycldf` package adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [1.38.0] - 2024-04-26
 
 - Fixed bug whereby `dict` returned by `orm.Language.as_geojson_feature` could not be serialized
   by `json.dumps`.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2f34a8b..d1a6e6f 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 author = 'Robert Forkel'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.37.2.dev0'
+release = '1.38.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 13488d4..c0e3ce3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = pycldf
-version = 1.37.2.dev0
+version = 1.38.0
 author = Robert Forkel
 author_email = robert_forkel@eva.mpg.de
 description = A python library to read and write CLDF datasets
diff --git a/src/pycldf/__init__.py b/src/pycldf/__init__.py
index 0a6b510..48d1983 100644
--- a/src/pycldf/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pycldf/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 from pycldf.terms import *
 
 # flake8: noqa
-__version__ = "1.37.2.dev0"
+__version__ = "1.38.0"