diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 580f4312f9..cecdbc3aa7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ project('systemd', 'c',
         meson_version : '>= 0.60.0',
        )
 
-libsystemd_version = '0.38.0'
-libudev_version = '1.7.8'
+libsystemd_version = '0.39.0'
+libudev_version = '1.7.9'
 
 conf = configuration_data()
 conf.set_quoted('PROJECT_URL', 'https://systemd.io/')
diff --git a/meson.version b/meson.version
index ecb02adbfe..f374973f07 100644
--- a/meson.version
+++ b/meson.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-256~devel
+256~rc1