diff --git a/aea/__version__.py b/aea/__version__.py
index ae8d9ced5c..8f5ef80b85 100644
--- a/aea/__version__.py
+++ b/aea/__version__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 __title__ = "open-aea"
 __description__ = "Open Autonomous Economic Agent framework (without vendor lock-in)"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea.git"
-__version__ = "1.38.0"
+__version__ = "1.39.0"
 __author__ = "Valory AG"
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"
 __copyright__ = "2021 Valory AG, 2019 Fetch.AI Limited"
diff --git a/deploy-image/Dockerfile b/deploy-image/Dockerfile
index 46575308a1..e92b56c3c8 100644
--- a/deploy-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy-image/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache go
 
 # aea installation
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.38.0 "open-aea-cli-ipfs<2.0.0,>=1.38.0"
+RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.39.0 "open-aea-cli-ipfs<2.0.0,>=1.39.0"
 
 # directories and aea cli config
 WORKDIR /home/agents
diff --git a/deploy-image/README.md b/deploy-image/README.md
index bdfb1e45be..facd27307f 100644
--- a/deploy-image/README.md
+++ b/deploy-image/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The example uses the `fetchai/my_first_aea` project. You will likely want to mod
 Install subversion, then download the example directory to your local working directory
 
 ``` bash
-svn checkout https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea/tags/v1.38.0/packages packages
+svn checkout https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea/tags/v1.39.0/packages packages
 ```
 
 ### Modify scripts
diff --git a/develop-image/docker-env.sh b/develop-image/docker-env.sh
index 1c6d07e2ba..777e794e82 100755
--- a/develop-image/docker-env.sh
+++ b/develop-image/docker-env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Swap the following lines if you want to work with 'latest'
-DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:1.38.0
+DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:1.39.0
 # DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:latest
 
 DOCKER_BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR=..
diff --git a/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile b/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
index 6f6b5d24d0..bcf150be89 100644
--- a/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache go
 
 # aea installation
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall aea[all]==1.38.0
+RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.39.0
 
 # directories and aea cli config
 COPY /.aea /home/.aea
diff --git a/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py b/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
index 766feaf266..0e87928e17 100755
--- a/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-cli-benchmark",
-    version="1.38.0",
+    version="1.39.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="CLI extension for AEA framework benchmarking.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py b/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
index d378ea64ef..1bd02a973e 100755
--- a/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-cli-ipfs",
-    version="1.38.0",
+    version="1.39.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="CLI extension for open AEA framework wrapping IPFS functionality.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
index a23cca7d8e..4eee7cbe39 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-cosmos",
-    version="1.38.0",
+    version="1.39.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of Cosmos.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
index d8ba054980..3c4f369d4b 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots",
-    version="1.38.0",
+    version="1.39.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package extending the default open-aea ethereum ledger plugin to add support for flashbots.",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     },
     python_requires=">=3.9,<4.0",
     install_requires=[
-        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.38.0",
+        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.39.0",
         "open-aea-flashbots==1.3.0",
     ],
     tests_require=["pytest"],
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
index b6047f8990..a5457f8315 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi",
-    version="1.38.0",
+    version="1.39.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and support for hardware wallet interactions.",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         "open-aea-web3==6.0.1",
         "ipfshttpclient==0.8.0a2",
         "eth-account>=0.8.0,<0.9.0",
-        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.38.0",
+        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.39.0",
         "ledgerwallet==0.1.3",
         "protobuf==3.19.5",
         "construct<=2.10.61",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
index 5eb31c6701..3c9417c7e2 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum",
-    version="1.38.0",
+    version="1.39.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of Ethereum.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
index 15d21fca54..8b9aa76698 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-fetchai",
-    version="1.38.0",
+    version="1.39.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger API of Fetch.AI.",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             "test_tools/data/*",
         ]
     },
-    install_requires=["open-aea-ledger-cosmos~=1.38.0"],
+    install_requires=["open-aea-ledger-cosmos~=1.39.0"],
     tests_require=["pytest"],
     entry_points={
         "aea.cryptos": ["fetchai = aea_ledger_fetchai:FetchAICrypto"],
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
index 72f3fcb0ab..72d3fbc5cc 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-solana",
-    version="1.38.0",
+    version="1.39.0",
     author="dassy23",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of solana.",
diff --git a/scripts/install.ps1 b/scripts/install.ps1
index a656a3aafa..9638db8f17 100644
--- a/scripts/install.ps1
+++ b/scripts/install.ps1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function instal_choco_golang_gcc {
 }
 function install_aea {
 	echo "Install aea"
-    $output=pip install open-aea[all]==1.38.0 --force --no-cache-dir 2>&1 |out-string;
+    $output=pip install open-aea[all]==1.39.0 --force --no-cache-dir 2>&1 |out-string;
     if ($LastExitCode -ne 0) {
         echo $output
         echo "AEA install failed!"
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 5469cf66f5..61eb962819 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function is_python_version_ok() {
 
 function install_aea (){
 	echo "Install AEA"
-	output=$(pip3 install --user open-aea[all]==1.38.0 --force --no-cache-dir)
+	output=$(pip3 install --user open-aea[all]==1.39.0 --force --no-cache-dir)
 	if [[  $? -ne 0 ]];
 	then
 		echo "$output"
diff --git a/skaffold.yaml b/skaffold.yaml
index f5de836471..2f9b56919a 100644
--- a/skaffold.yaml
+++ b/skaffold.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 build:
   tagPolicy:
     envTemplate:
-      template: "1.38.0"
+      template: "1.39.0"
   artifacts:
   - image: valory/open-aea-develop
     docker:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ profiles:
     build:
       tagPolicy:
         envTemplate:
-          template: "1.38.0"
+          template: "1.39.0"
       artifacts:
       - image: valory/open-aea-docs
         docker:
diff --git a/user-image/docker-env.sh b/user-image/docker-env.sh
index 51c6f33e7b..bcd814f6fb 100644
--- a/user-image/docker-env.sh
+++ b/user-image/docker-env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Swap the following lines if you want to work with 'latest'
-DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:1.38.0
+DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:1.39.0
 # DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:latest
 
 DOCKER_BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR=..