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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.39.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.38.0...v1.39.0) (2020-05-15)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **cognito:** An invalid template placeholder has been removed
+from the default verification email body in a user pool.
+
+### Features
+
+* **apigateway:** create RestApi from an OpenAPI spec ([31014ca](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/31014ca7c34b3efbf5dca159a1168d5fbce633ec)), closes [#4421](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/4421)
+* **apigateway:** import existing VpcLink ([#7811](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7811)) ([7b42f7f](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/7b42f7f11030577d98714185259c3de210fff0e2)), closes [#4178](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/4178)
+* initial version of an improved CloudFormation template include experience ([0132251](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/0132251e84a7d8dad747b4eb0661365414a114aa)), closes [#3537](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3537)
+* **apigateway:** specify API key name and value in `addApiKey()` ([#7714](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7714)) ([e93da2c](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/e93da2cf48a297b31f2ca0c1e96b905fc128914b)), closes [#3233](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3233) [#7767](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7767)
+* **apigatewayv2:** HTTP API - configure CORS preflight ([#7923](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7923)) ([9f35104](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/9f35104d2e6612032f2c6d8d7193baddceb30d15)), closes [#7922](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7922)
+* **cognito:** user pool client - prevent user existence errors ([c7f15f2](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/c7f15f255ede6411f4afb68f5b9f1d54abe47df3)), closes [#7406](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7406)
+* **dynamodb:** support for Customer-managed CMK ([#7425](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7425)) ([ff8219b](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/ff8219ba0e2582ec25d59498804073776d8ebf14)), closes [#7142](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7142)
+* **ec2:** lookup available AZs for Interface Endpoints ([9fa3221](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/9fa3221f7dbedb6e6fb388c97e21a4fdcfd9a892))
+* **events-targets:** support multiple security groups for an ECS task ([#7857](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7857)) ([c6504e6](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/c6504e6433d540414a417b9fb23fb9950a44eb5c)), closes [#3312](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3312)
+* **init/java:** model CDK version in property in Maven POMs ([#7931](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7931)) ([ce5b8fb](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/ce5b8fbe77a4414b13b67845aca171aa00794d55)), closes [#7862](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7862)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **cli:** cdk bootstrap cannot be used without supplying the --app argument ([#7970](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7970)) ([540a7e6](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/540a7e6d020a2af867adbd9928d32bfec30c97ae)), closes [#7510](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7510) [#7906](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7906)
+* **cognito:** invalid default for verification email ([#7790](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7790)) ([cb3c184](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/cb3c184d41bcd5c995f9a01fe875fdbf15ce5564)), closes [#7597](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7597)
+* **core:** consistent sorting of resource tags ([0105efd](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/0105efdd22e6e24af0f1547d57e6528eee999155)), closes [#7707](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7707)
+* **core:** hangs when used with yarn PnP ([8579100](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/8579100db0de0b8ec78186caa82aa5e0432774db)), closes [yarnpkg/berry#1298](https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/issues/1298)
+* **elbv2:** race condition for Lambda backends ([1819a6b](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/1819a6b5920bb22a60d09de870ea625455b90395)), closes [#4663](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/4663) [#7236](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7236)
+* **iot1click:** incorrect type for Project.deviceTemplates ([#8000](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/8000)) ([338ef92](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/338ef92ced25563a80fb93b90f75853fe29ce6b7)), closes [#8001](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/8001)
+* **lambda:** SingletonFunction ignores explicit declared dependencies ([#7997](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7997)) ([91f913f](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/91f913f09cfe0ee402b5e6269a7cc8cbcb32d58b)), closes [#7568](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7568)
+* **stepfunctions-tasks:** EvaluateExpression is limited to expressions that contain state paths ([#7774](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7774)) ([97f4f01](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/97f4f019b8514bb9a2ce5d06237fb724d1b1ad84)), closes [#7655](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/7655)
+
 ## [1.38.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.37.0...v1.38.0) (2020-05-08)
 
 
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 7b4d069f3a5ad..377d0713da5c1 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
     "tools/*"
   ],
   "rejectCycles": "true",
-  "version": "1.38.0"
+  "version": "1.39.0"
 }