diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 07a8307f2e..2e42ba00fa 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.139.0 (2026-07-01)
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Support dependencies in `app.frontend()`, e.g. for automatic cookie authentication for the frontend. PR [#15908](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/15908) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index af5117aecf..df55e7a6c8 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__ = "0.138.2"
+__version__ = "0.139.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status