diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 4b80ceb95..da7fc0570 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.38.1
+
 * Fix incorrect `Request` class import. PR [#493](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/493) by [@kamalgill](https://github.com/kamalgill).
 
 ## 0.38.0
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 70630872d..a3117fb99 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.38.0"
+__version__ = "0.38.1"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks