diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0a64985e73a13f06b4dfcc55d7c71f952bbad66a..75eb3d4baf8b23330cb8dc092d0abbf1bb5be91e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+3.38.1
+======
+* Fix issue when opening local HTML files (#158)
+* Updated translations:
+  he    (Yosef Or Boczko)
+
 3.38.0
 ======
 * Updated translations:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a44897f7bad63bd4f7b2551a75cc72fdddcffe70..6b0c3c08c0e9fdc36dfb680ff0de1485efc147f4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
-AC_INIT([Yelp],[3.38.0],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=yelp],[yelp])
+AC_INIT([Yelp],[3.38.1],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=yelp],[yelp])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/yelp.c])