diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 787bfb6f8..811a59f96 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+### 3.9.0 / 2019-10-07
+
+*NO CHANGES*
+
+Version 3.9.0 was released to allow other RSpec gems to release 3.9.0.
+
 ### 3.8.3 / 2019-10-02
 
 Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/lib/rspec/support/version.rb b/lib/rspec/support/version.rb
index 09edc27dc..585d04bf7 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/support/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/support/version.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module RSpec
   module Support
     module Version
-      STRING = '3.8.3'
+      STRING = '3.9.0'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/maintenance-branch b/maintenance-branch
index ed82e8d5f..efd24c79c 100644
--- a/maintenance-branch
+++ b/maintenance-branch
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3-8-maintenance
+3-9-maintenance