diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 48a8f2ff4..f923ec093 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1999-08-16  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
+
+	* configure.in (VERSION): Bumped version number to 4.5.38.
+
 1999-08-15  Norbert Warmuth <nwarmuth@privat.circular.de>
 
 	* lib/Makefile.in: added mc.hint.es to LIBFILES_CONST
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1616fe80d..70325ef39 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_INIT(create_vcs)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 PACKAGE=mc
-VERSION=4.5.37
+VERSION=4.5.38
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE, "$PACKAGE")
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION, "$VERSION")
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)