diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aa5df58..e6a5c95 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 
-VERSION = "1.3.8"
+VERSION = "1.3.9"
 
 SUMMARY = "High quality drawing interface for PIL."