diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING
index 657857d..e104bda 100644
--- a/RELEASING
+++ b/RELEASING
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 	git log master...origin		(no output; note: *3* dots)
 
-2) Increment pixman_(major|minor|micro) in configure.ac according to
-   the directions in that file.
+2) Increment pixman_(major|minor|micro) in configure.ac and meson.build
+   according to the directions in those files.
 
 3) Make sure that new version works, including
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6f6bd7e..6efc6c0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
 #
 
 m4_define([pixman_major], 0)
-m4_define([pixman_minor], 37)
-m4_define([pixman_micro], 1)
+m4_define([pixman_minor], 38)
+m4_define([pixman_micro], 0)
 
 m4_define([pixman_version],[pixman_major.pixman_minor.pixman_micro])
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index aaecc7b..fe77893 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 project(
   'pixman',
   ['c'],
-  version : '0.37.1',
+  version : '0.38.0',
   license : 'MIT',
   meson_version : '>= 0.47.2',
   default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized'],