diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 4b8f5980e..1e1705cff 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # DynamicPPL Changelog
 
+## 0.38.5
+
+Improve performance of VarNamedVector, mostly by changing how it handles contiguification.
+
 ## 0.38.4
 
 Improve performance of VarNamedVector. It should now be very nearly on par with Metadata for all models we've benchmarked on.
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 0773bbe04..0ee50d493 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "DynamicPPL"
 uuid = "366bfd00-2699-11ea-058f-f148b4cae6d8"
-version = "0.38.4"
+version = "0.38.5"
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"