diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c0dacd748..8562e1762 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - hints/unicode_input kittens: Do not lose keypresses that are sent very rapidly via an automation tool immediately after the kitten is launched (:iss:`7089`)
 
+
 0.37.0 [2024-10-30]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 64d5a1d9f..150ca40ba 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 37, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 38, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat