diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index b8dab282ac..5001fb34ab 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "AbstractAlgebra"
 uuid = "c3fe647b-3220-5bb0-a1ea-a7954cac585d"
-version = "0.39.0"
+version = "0.39.1"
 
 [deps]
 InteractiveUtils = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
diff --git a/src/generic/MPoly.jl b/src/generic/MPoly.jl
index ed48f27ba6..c4d52a0f09 100644
--- a/src/generic/MPoly.jl
+++ b/src/generic/MPoly.jl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ ring.
 """
 function gens(a::MPolyRing{T}) where {T <: RingElement}
    n = a.num_vars
-   return [gen(a, i, Val{a.ord}) for i in 1:n]
+   return elem_type(a)[gen(a, i, Val{a.ord})::elem_type(a) for i in 1:n]
 end
 
 @doc raw"""