diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c658ac9..7bc8a52b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.39.0](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-java/compare/1.38.0...1.39.0) (2026-01-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add channel batch updates support ([#224](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-java/issues/224)) ([fc13f5c](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-java/commit/fc13f5c308a1d53367994e5f98b04dde7b4bbcb3))
+
 ## [1.38.0](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-java/compare/1.37.2...1.38.0) (2026-01-20)
 
 ### [1.37.2](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-java/compare/1.37.1...1.37.2) (2025-11-19)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 42515a75..9ffbdeae 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'io.getstream'
-version = '1.38.0'
+version = '1.39.0'
 description = 'Stream Chat official Java SDK'
 
 java {