diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 54b40b7e9..ddfbf2432 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # DynamicPPL Changelog
 
+## 0.39.0
+
+Removed the method `returned(::Model, values, keys)`; please use `returned(::Model, ::AbstractDict{<:VarName})` instead.
+
 ## 0.38.3
 
 Add an implementation of `returned(::Model, ::AbstractDict{<:VarName})`.
@@ -11,6 +15,8 @@ The generic method `returned(::Model, values, keys)` is deprecated and will be r
 
 Added a compatibility entry for JET@0.11.
 
+> > > > > > > main
+
 ## 0.38.1
 
 Added `from_linked_vec_transform` and `from_vec_transform` methods for `ProductNamedTupleDistribution`.
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index d54f9d1da..9d5fb22d8 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "DynamicPPL"
 uuid = "366bfd00-2699-11ea-058f-f148b4cae6d8"
-version = "0.38.3"
+version = "0.39.0"
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"
diff --git a/src/model.jl b/src/model.jl
index edb042ba9..ec98b90cd 100644
--- a/src/model.jl
+++ b/src/model.jl
@@ -1107,11 +1107,6 @@ function predict end
 
 Execute `model` with variables `keys` set to `values` and return the values returned by the `model`.
 
-    returned(model::Model, values, keys)
-
-Execute `model` with variables `keys` set to `values` and return the values returned by the `model`.
-This method is deprecated; use the NamedTuple or AbstractDict version instead.
-
 # Example
 ```jldoctest
 julia> using DynamicPPL, Distributions
@@ -1141,6 +1136,3 @@ function returned(model::Model, parameters::Union{NamedTuple,AbstractDict{<:VarN
     # We can't use new_model() because that overwrites it with an InitContext of its own.
     return first(evaluate!!(new_model, vi))
 end
-Base.@deprecate returned(model::Model, values, keys) returned(
-    model, NamedTuple{keys}(values)
-)