diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0986f53..87aa496 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ One line per change, grouped by the release that shipped it. Newest
 first. A release is a Cargo.toml bump plus a `v<version>` tag; the
 content repos pin the tag they run (see the end of this file).
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.3.38 (2026-09-22)
 
 - publish: the iris build step gets a writable cargo home; the v0.3.37 tag never published
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 886ac4b..d5df28f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2948,7 +2948,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "portal"
-version = "0.3.37"
+version = "0.3.38"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d73d817..b4b2af4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "portal"
-version = "0.3.37"
+version = "0.3.38"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]