diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b48301a9..36d4fcbfd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 1.38.7 -->
+<!-- latest_release 1.38.8 -->
 ## [v1.38.5](https://github.com/chef/inspec/tree/v1.38.5) (2017-09-23)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Properly return postgres query errors on failure [#2179](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2179) ([adamleff](https://github.com/adamleff))
+- Bump train to 0.27 [#2180](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2180) ([adamleff](https://github.com/adamleff))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=1.37.6 -->
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - Add wildcard/multiple server support to nginx_conf resource [#2141](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2141) ([jerryaldrichiii](https://github.com/jerryaldrichiii)) <!-- 1.37.8 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Bump train to 0.27 [#2180](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2180) ([adamleff](https://github.com/adamleff)) <!-- 1.38.8 -->
 - Properly return postgres query errors on failure [#2179](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2179) ([adamleff](https://github.com/adamleff)) <!-- 1.38.7 -->
 - Add wildcard support to `Utils::FindFiles` [#2159](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2159) ([jerryaldrichiii](https://github.com/jerryaldrichiii)) <!-- 1.38.6 -->
 - Modify `DirProvider` to allow special characters [#2174](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2174) ([jerryaldrichiii](https://github.com/jerryaldrichiii)) <!-- 1.38.5 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c1c13ab38..1ee16277a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.38.7
\ No newline at end of file
+1.38.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 4ce1dc3a2..24da7f2bb 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # author: Christoph Hartmann
 
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = '1.38.7'.freeze
+  VERSION = '1.38.8'.freeze
 end