diff --git a/.scripts/get-version.sh b/.scripts/get-version.sh
index 8f62efcf..3a336f61 100755
--- a/.scripts/get-version.sh
+++ b/.scripts/get-version.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,5 @@
 set -eu
 
 release_tag="${1:-}"
-
-if [ -n "$release_tag" ]; then
-    printf '%s\n' "$release_tag"
-else
-    tr -d 'v[:space:]' < VERSION
-fi
+version="${release_tag:-$(tr -d 'v[:space:]' < VERSION)}"
+printf '%s\n' "${version#v}"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4c8a05a6..8185624e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.3.8
\ No newline at end of file
+v1.3.9
\ No newline at end of file