diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index e2b13cc..fff5d6f 100644
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     name = "edlib",
     description = "Lightweight, super fast library for sequence alignment using edit (Levenshtein) distance.",
     long_description = long_description,
-    version = "1.3.8.post2",
+    version = "1.3.9",
     url = "https://github.com/Martinsos/edlib",
     author = "Martin Sosic",
     author_email = "sosic.martin@gmail.com",