diff --git a/00-RELEASENOTES b/00-RELEASENOTES
index c7099842..0e4acb71 100644
--- a/00-RELEASENOTES
+++ b/00-RELEASENOTES
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ to modify your program in order to use Redis 2.4.
 CHANGELOG
 ---------
 
+What's new in Redis 2.3.9 (2.4 Release Candidate 6)
+===================================================
+
+* [BUGFIX] Fixed a bug with the automatic AOF rewrite causing continuous
+  rewrites for AOF files bigger than 4 GB.
+* New maxmemory tests.
+
 What's new in Redis 2.3.8 (2.4 Release Candidate 5)
 ===================================================
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 6e750399..e7873756 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define REDIS_VERSION "2.3.8"
+#define REDIS_VERSION "2.3.9"