diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 42d56172e35..2609f32b923 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+#### 1.4.39 June 1 2022 ####
+Akka.NET v1.4.39 is a minor release that contains some very important bug fixes for Akka.Remote and Akka.Cluster users.
+
+* [Akka.Cluster: Error in `SplitBrainResolver.PreStart` when using `ChannelTaskScheduler` for internal-dispatcher](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/5962)
+* [Akka.Cluster.Sharding: make PersistentShardCoordinator a tolerant reader](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/5604) - Akka.Persistence-backed sharding is more lenient when recovering state.
+* [Akka.Remote: Trap all `Exception`s thrown while trying to dispatch messages in `Akka.Remote.EndpointReader`](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/5971) - any kind of exception thrown during deserialization can no longer force a disassociation to occur in Akka.Remote.
+
+If you want to see the [full set of changes made in Akka.NET v1.4.39, click here](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/milestone/70).
+
+| COMMITS | LOC+ | LOC- | AUTHOR |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| 3 | 204 | 99 | Aaron Stannard |
+| 1 | 1 | 13 | Gregorius Soedharmo |
+
 #### 1.4.38 May 6 2022 ####
 Akka.NET v1.4.38 is a minor release that contains some minor bug fixes.
 
diff --git a/src/common.props b/src/common.props
index 9a757dcb3cc..c3f21b38243 100644
--- a/src/common.props
+++ b/src/common.props
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Copyright>Copyright © 2013-2021 Akka.NET Team</Copyright>
+    <Copyright>Copyright © 2013-2022 Akka.NET Team</Copyright>
     <Authors>Akka.NET Team</Authors>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.4.38</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.4.39</VersionPrefix>
     <PackageIcon>akkalogo.png</PackageIcon>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net</PackageProjectUrl>
     <PackageLicenseUrl>https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/blob/master/LICENSE</PackageLicenseUrl>
@@ -34,7 +34,15 @@
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>Placeholder for nightlies**</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>Akka.NET v1.4.39 is a minor release that contains some very important bug fixes for Akka.Remote and Akka.Cluster users.
+[Akka.Cluster: Error in `SplitBrainResolver.PreStart` when using `ChannelTaskScheduler` for internal-dispatcher](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/5962)
+[Akka.Cluster.Sharding: make PersistentShardCoordinator a tolerant reader](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/5604) - Akka.Persistence-backed sharding is more lenient when recovering state.
+[Akka.Remote: Trap all `Exception`s thrown while trying to dispatch messages in `Akka.Remote.EndpointReader`](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/5971) - any kind of exception thrown during deserialization can no longer force a disassociation to occur in Akka.Remote.
+If you want to see the [full set of changes made in Akka.NET v1.4.39, click here](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/milestone/70).
+| COMMITS | LOC+ | LOC- | AUTHOR |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| 3 | 204 | 99 | Aaron Stannard |
+| 1 | 1 | 13 | Gregorius Soedharmo |</PackageReleaseNotes>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- SourceLink support for all Akka.NET projects -->
   <ItemGroup>