diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b294d713..ca4b571f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Optimizely Android X SDK Changelog
 
+# Release 3.9.0
+Febuary 9th 2021
+
+-  upgrade the androidx and get all tests passing [#356](https://github.com/optimizely/android-sdk/pull/356)
+-  add a new set of decide apis [#352](https://github.com/optimizely/android-sdk/pull/352)
+The new `OptimizelyUserContext` class is instantiated with `createUserContext` and exposes the following APIs to get `OptimizelyDecision`:
+
+	- setAttribute
+	- decide
+	- decideAll
+	- decideForKeys
+	- trackEvent
+
+Also related to java sdk release [here]https://github.com/optimizely/java-sdk/releases/tag/3.8.0).
+- For details, refer to our documentation page: [https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/full-stack/v4.0/docs/android-sdk](https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/full-stack/v4.0/docs/android-sdk).
+
+-  remove erroneous error if project id and sdk key are null. [#358](https://github.com/optimizely/android-sdk/pull/358)
+
 ## 3.8.0
 November 20th, 2020
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bc1972de..fdf8bb0a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ext {
     build_tools_version = "29.0.3"
     min_sdk_version = 14
     target_sdk_version = 29
-    java_core_ver = "3.8.0-beta2"
+    java_core_ver = "3.8.0"
     android_logger_ver = "1.3.6"
     jacksonversion= "2.11.2"
     annotations_ver = "1.0.0"