diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7fb3f61c64..b1ccb03195 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,39 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.139.3] - 2024-05-20
+
+### API-Changes
+
+- [**breaking**] @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server: change api: don't search in path unless `options.takeVersionFromPATH` is set to `true`
+- @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server: remove `DELTA_CHAT_SKIP_PATH` environment variable
+- @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server: remove version check / search for dc rpc server in $PATH
+- @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server: remove `options.skipSearchInPath`
+- @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server: add `options.takeVersionFromPATH`
+- deltachat-rpc-client: Add Account.wait_for_incoming_msg().
+
+### Features / Changes
+
+- Replace env_logger with tracing_subscriber.
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Ignore event channel overflows.
+- mimeparser: Take the last header of multiple ones with the same name.
+- Db migration version 59, it contained an sql syntax error.
+- Sql syntax error in db migration 27.
+- Log/print exit error of deltachat-rpc-server ([#5601](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pull/5601)).
+- @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server: set default options for `startDeltaChat`.
+- Always convert absolute paths to relative in accounts.toml.
+
+### Refactor
+
+- receive_imf: Do not check for ContactId::UNDEFINED.
+- receive_imf: Remove unnecessary check for is_mdn.
+- receive_imf: Only call create_or_lookup_group() with allow_creation=true.
+- Use let..else in create_or_lookup_group().
+- Stop trying to extract chat ID from Message-IDs.
+- Do not try to lookup group in create_or_lookup_group().
+
 ## [1.139.2] - 2024-05-18
 
 ### Build system
@@ -4221,4 +4255,5 @@ https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed
 [1.138.5]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.138.4...v1.138.5
 [1.139.0]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.138.5...v1.139.0
 [1.139.1]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.139.0...v1.139.1
-[1.139.1]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.139.1...v1.139.2
+[1.139.2]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.139.1...v1.139.2
+[1.139.3]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.139.2...v1.139.3
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f2fa2d00d5..293505636a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.2.1",
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 816337aada..a3d898f254 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.77"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index ccab825349..f3c26e7c3d 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 61313f0c8c..1b5ffbc839 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2021"
 default-run = "deltachat-jsonrpc-server"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
index 0a044579d6..2804cfa2de 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "1.139.2"
+  "version": "1.139.3"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 7827fa39aa..6fc9994682 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index db539683c2..ba3712ba0a 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-client"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 description = "Python client for Delta Chat core JSON-RPC interface"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index 5bafe76fbf..e6b9e4e2f6 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index f9f1921e8f..1fc032e806 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "version": "1.139.2"
+  "version": "1.139.3"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2f7e0adab..822a5043d5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@
     "test:mocha": "mocha node/test/test.mjs --growl --reporter=spec --bail --exit"
   },
   "types": "node/dist/index.d.ts",
-  "version": "1.139.2"
+  "version": "1.139.3"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 35fbc99f18..5ee98f2327 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.139.2"
+version = "1.139.3"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
diff --git a/release-date.in b/release-date.in
index 3f6fb50965..30fefe01f8 100644
--- a/release-date.in
+++ b/release-date.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2024-05-18
\ No newline at end of file
+2024-05-20
\ No newline at end of file