diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d3fe057..4157b6a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
-# Release 0.39.0-dev
-
-### New features since last release
+# Release 0.39.0
 
 ### Improvements 🛠
 
 * Make `qiskit_session` available top-level. Users can now import it as `pennylane_qiskit.qiskit_session`.
   [(#593)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/pull/593)
 
-### Breaking changes 💔
-
-### Deprecations 👋
-
 ### Documentation 📝
 
 * Added warning in the documentation of `qiskit_session` due to recent reports of unexpected behavior.
diff --git a/pennylane_qiskit/_version.py b/pennylane_qiskit/_version.py
index ba6453f5..fa9c6b6b 100644
--- a/pennylane_qiskit/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_qiskit/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.39.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.39.0"