diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 637bd9303..27e3b746f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+v1.3.8
+perf: better decompression speed on large files (+7%) and cold dictionaries (+15%)
+api : supports decompressing empty frames into NULL (used to be an error) (#1385)
+api : fix : ZSTD_dictForceCopy advanced command, by @felixhandte
+build: fixed zstd-pgo, by @bmwiedemann
+doc : clarified zstd_compression_format.md, by @ulikunitz
+
v1.3.7
perf: slightly better decompression speed on clang (depending on hardware target)
fix : performance of dictionary compression for small input < 4 KB at levels 9 and 10
diff --git a/doc/zstd_manual.html b/doc/zstd_manual.html
index 18b2f274f..35e434675 100644
--- a/doc/zstd_manual.html
+++ b/doc/zstd_manual.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-zstd 1.3.7 Manual
+zstd 1.3.8 Manual
-zstd 1.3.7 Manual
+zstd 1.3.8 Manual
Contents
diff --git a/lib/zstd.h b/lib/zstd.h
index d7646fdaf..5a1d17287 100644
--- a/lib/zstd.h
+++ b/lib/zstd.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ extern "C" {
/*------ Version ------*/
#define ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR 1
#define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR 3
-#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE 7
+#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE 8
#define ZSTD_VERSION_NUMBER (ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR *100*100 + ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR *100 + ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE)
ZSTDLIB_API unsigned ZSTD_versionNumber(void); /**< useful to check dll version */
diff --git a/programs/zstd.1 b/programs/zstd.1
index 674f89841..5c2443ac0 100644
--- a/programs/zstd.1
+++ b/programs/zstd.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.
-.TH "ZSTD" "1" "October 2018" "zstd 1.3.7" "User Commands"
+.TH "ZSTD" "1" "November 2018" "zstd 1.3.8" "User Commands"
.
.SH "NAME"
\fBzstd\fR \- zstd, zstdmt, unzstd, zstdcat \- Compress or decompress \.zst files
diff --git a/programs/zstdgrep.1 b/programs/zstdgrep.1
index 716d28fc8..aad1f4f9c 100644
--- a/programs/zstdgrep.1
+++ b/programs/zstdgrep.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.
-.TH "ZSTDGREP" "1" "October 2018" "zstd 1.3.7" "User Commands"
+.TH "ZSTDGREP" "1" "November 2018" "zstd 1.3.8" "User Commands"
.
.SH "NAME"
\fBzstdgrep\fR \- print lines matching a pattern in zstandard\-compressed files
diff --git a/programs/zstdless.1 b/programs/zstdless.1
index bf4965e7d..6fb8ef80f 100644
--- a/programs/zstdless.1
+++ b/programs/zstdless.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.
-.TH "ZSTDLESS" "1" "October 2018" "zstd 1.3.7" "User Commands"
+.TH "ZSTDLESS" "1" "November 2018" "zstd 1.3.8" "User Commands"
.
.SH "NAME"
\fBzstdless\fR \- view zstandard\-compressed files