diff --git a/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.8-Release-Notes.md b/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.8-Release-Notes.md
index 96595a8f1..da6470dd6 100644
--- a/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.8-Release-Notes.md
+++ b/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.8-Release-Notes.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.8 Release Notes
+# MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.8 Release Notes -- 2019-06-12
 
 Release 2.3.8 is a GA release.
 
diff --git a/VERSION23.cmake b/VERSION23.cmake
index eae567a0c..3bde743b8 100644
--- a/VERSION23.cmake
+++ b/VERSION23.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR "2" CACHE STRING "Major version")
 set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR "3" CACHE STRING "Minor version")
-set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH "8" CACHE STRING "Patch version")
+set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH "9" CACHE STRING "Patch version")
 
 # This should only be incremented if a package is rebuilt
 set(MAXSCALE_BUILD_NUMBER 1 CACHE STRING "Release number")