diff --git a/smartmontools/CHANGELOG b/smartmontools/CHANGELOG
index c20491932cb9009e1e73995132e6dd9be57c164d..009b49b100a299d99cea1b578bceddb462492f5d 100644
--- a/smartmontools/CHANGELOG
+++ b/smartmontools/CHANGELOG
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ NOTES FOR FUTURE RELEASES: see TODO file.
 
 <DEVELOPERS: ADDITIONS TO THE CHANGE LOG GO JUST BELOW HERE, PLEASE>
 
+smartmontools 5.39 2009-12-09
+
   [CF] do_release: Commit CHANGELOG and NEWS also. Allow to review changes.
 
   [CF] Linux: Add workaround for Adaptec series 2, 5 and 5Z controllers
diff --git a/smartmontools/NEWS b/smartmontools/NEWS
index e173f80776e67673de28ddad50d5d79466b7bcff..072519b67778c17a733dd2ff0e4fe6263ed67e7e 100644
--- a/smartmontools/NEWS
+++ b/smartmontools/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $Id$
 The most up-to-date version of this file is:
 http://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smartmontools/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS?view=markup
 
-Date <Not released yet, please try current SVN>
+Date 2009-12-09
 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
diff --git a/smartmontools/configure.in b/smartmontools/configure.in
index b0d9056fbc70db012a6a61240e778960163f48b0..564152f9c483c61c1b3f6d8b87946ba97ecfed05 100644
--- a/smartmontools/configure.in
+++ b/smartmontools/configure.in
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(smartctl.cpp)
 
 smartmontools_configure_date=`date -u +'%Y-%m-%d %T %Z'`
 smartmontools_cvs_tag=`echo '$Id$'`
-smartmontools_release_date=2009-11-30
-smartmontools_release_time="20:24:12 UTC"
+smartmontools_release_date=2009-12-09
+smartmontools_release_time="21:00:32 UTC"
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SMARTMONTOOLS_CONFIGURE_ARGS, "$ac_configure_args",            [smartmontools Configure Arguments])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SMARTMONTOOLS_CONFIGURE_DATE, "$smartmontools_configure_date", [smartmontools Configure Date])