diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 00feee789..192bbf2f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         runtimeCheck: [asan]
         protonGitRef:
           - ${{ github.event.inputs.protonBranch || 'main' }}
-          - 0.38.0
+          - 0.39.0
     env:
       BuildType: ${{matrix.buildType}}
       ProtonBuildDir: ${{github.workspace}}/qpid-proton/build
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ jobs:
         runtimeCheck: [asan]
         protonGitRef:
           - ${{ github.event.inputs.protonBranch || 'main' }}
-          - 0.38.0
+          - 0.39.0
         shard: [1, 2]
         shards: [2]
     env:
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ jobs:
         runtimeCheck: [asan, tsan]
         protonGitRef:
           - ${{ github.event.inputs.protonBranch || 'main' }}
-          - 0.38.0
+          - 0.39.0
         shard: [ 1, 2 ]
         shards: [ 2 ]
         include:
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ jobs:
             cc: gcc
             cxx: g++
             runtimeCheck: OFF
-            protonGitRef: 0.38.0
+            protonGitRef: 0.39.0
             shard: 1
             shards: 2
           - os: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ jobs:
             cc: gcc
             cxx: g++
             runtimeCheck: OFF
-            protonGitRef: 0.38.0
+            protonGitRef: 0.39.0
             shard: 2
             shards: 2
           # unittest coverage
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ jobs:
             buildType: Coverage
             covType: unit
             runtimeCheck: OFF
-            protonGitRef: 0.38.0
+            protonGitRef: 0.39.0
             routerCTestExtraArgs: "-R 'unittests|unit_tests|threaded_timer_test|adaptor_buffer_test|router_engine_test|management_test|router_policy_test|test_command'"
             shard: 1
             shards: 1
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 96b64a617..72759d99d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ find_library(rt_lib rt)
 
 find_package(Python 3.6.8 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-find_package(Proton 0.38.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Proactor Tls)
+find_package(Proton 0.39.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Proactor Tls)
 message(STATUS "Found Proton: ${Proton_LIBRARIES} (found version \"${Proton_VERSION}\")" )
 
 # http2 support
diff --git a/packaging/skupper-router.spec.rpkg b/packaging/skupper-router.spec.rpkg
index d73a5f5b2..5dfa81d7e 100644
--- a/packaging/skupper-router.spec.rpkg
+++ b/packaging/skupper-router.spec.rpkg
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 
 # This package builds and statically links against its own proton-c library
 # so we can use newest Proton features even before it is packaged for our distro
-%global proton_vendored_version 0.38.0
+%global proton_vendored_version 0.39.0
 %define proton_install_prefix %{_builddir}/qpid-proton-%{proton_vendored_version}/install
 
-%global proton_minimum_version 0.34.0
+%global proton_minimum_version 0.37.0
 %global libwebsockets_minimum_version 3.0.1
 %global libnghttp2_minimum_version 1.33.0
 %global libunwind_minimum_version 1.3.1