diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 32f8572e..5f22788f 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v3.8.1
+v3.9.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2e90f4f..97278882 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![GitHub version](https://d25lcipzij17d.cloudfront.net/badge.svg?id=gh&type=6&v=v3.8.1&x2=0)](https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman/releases) [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/Praqma/helmsman/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/Praqma/helmsman/tree/master)
+[![GitHub version](https://d25lcipzij17d.cloudfront.net/badge.svg?id=gh&type=6&v=v3.9.0&x2=0)](https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman/releases) [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/Praqma/helmsman/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/Praqma/helmsman/tree/master)
 
 ![helmsman-logo](docs/images/helmsman.png)
 
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ Check the [releases page](https://github.com/Praqma/Helmsman/releases) for the d
 
 ```sh
 # on Linux
-curl -L https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman/releases/download/v3.8.1/helmsman_3.8.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
+curl -L https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman/releases/download/v3.9.0/helmsman_3.9.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
 # on MacOS
-curl -L https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman/releases/download/v3.8.1/helmsman_3.8.1_darwin_amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
+curl -L https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman/releases/download/v3.9.0/helmsman_3.9.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
 
 mv helmsman /usr/local/bin/helmsman
 ```
diff --git a/internal/app/main.go b/internal/app/main.go
index ec40e38b..1db9ff32 100644
--- a/internal/app/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	helmBin            = "helm"
 	kubectlBin         = "kubectl"
-	appVersion         = "v3.8.1"
+	appVersion         = "v3.9.0"
 	tempFilesDir       = ".helmsman-tmp"
 	defaultContextName = "default"
 	resourcePool       = 10
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 7fb4eff2..3b01e418 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
-# v3.8.1
+# v3.9.0
+
+## New features
+
+- Added Option for checking for available updates for app charts (#640)
+- Added option for waiting for pending helm releases (#646)
+- Added `arm64` builds (#642) (#647)
 
 ## Fixes and improvements
 
-- fix: kubectl diff may return 1 on success (#637)
-- refactor: add missing error checks (#637)
+- Updated dependencies (#641)
+- Avoid the extra chart download step for OCI charts (#643)
+- Code refactoring (#644)
+- Enabled automatic dependency updates through dependabot
+
+## Breaking changes ⚠
+
+- env files loading is now more intuitive (#649)
+  - Before the default .env file would only be loaded if no env files were explicitly passed through the -e flag, now it will always be loaded first if present
+  - Before loading env files would not overwrite any env variable that had already been set before, now it does so when loading multiple files if a variable is set more than once the value from the last file to be loaded will take precedence.
+  - Before the first file would take precedence, now, the last one will.
+