diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 842563c3e..29e02daba 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 4.18.37 -->
-## [v4.18.37](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.18.37) (2019-11-13)
+<!-- latest_release 4.18.38 -->
+## [v4.18.38](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.18.38) (2019-11-13)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Fixes parsing of apt config files with arch specifier. [#4707](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4707) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
+- Dropping chef-core from dependencies. [#4722](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4722) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.18.24 -->
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - Add startuser systemd service v2 [#4516](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4516) ([mbaitelman](https://github.com/mbaitelman)) <!-- 4.18.27 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Dropping chef-core from dependencies. [#4722](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4722) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.38 -->
 - Fixes parsing of apt config files with arch specifier. [#4707](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4707) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.37 -->
 - Correct filesystem resource docs for windows example [#4713](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4713) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 4.18.36 -->
 - Fix windows testing [#4390](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4390) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.35 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 532d5d226..ab6dc1742 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.18.37
\ No newline at end of file
+4.18.38
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 252591d4e..b208164d5 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path("../..", __FILE__)
-  VERSION = "4.18.37".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.18.38".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 68711b7e6..91f7655f9 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "4.18.37".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.18.38".freeze
 end