diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_v3_layer.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_v3_layer.yml
index 8aa25e73ca7..684c6084795 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_v3_layer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_v3_layer.yml
@@ -268,16 +268,16 @@ jobs:
   #        ./layer_v3/scripts/update_layer_arn.sh cdk-layer-stack
       # NOTE: It felt unnecessary creating yet another PR to update changelog w/ latest tag
       # since this is the only step in the release where we update docs from a temp branch
-      - name: Update changelog with latest tag
-        run: make changelog
-      - name: Create PR
-        id: create-pr
-        uses: ./.github/actions/create-pr
-        with:
-          files: "docs/index.md examples CHANGELOG.md"
-          temp_branch_prefix: "ci-layer-docs"
-          pull_request_title: "chore(ci): layer docs update"
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #    - name: Update changelog with latest tag
+  #      run: make changelog
+  #    - name: Create PR
+  #      id: create-pr
+  #      uses: ./.github/actions/create-pr
+  #      with:
+  #        files: "docs/index.md examples CHANGELOG.md"
+  #        temp_branch_prefix: "ci-layer-docs"
+  #        pull_request_title: "chore(ci): layer docs update"
+  #        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   prepare_docs_alias:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/shared/version.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/shared/version.py
index f619b189468..f20ccb6007a 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/shared/version.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/shared/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Exposes version constant to avoid circular dependencies."""
 
-VERSION = "3.0.0"
+VERSION = "2.9.9"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db782f2c1a5..eb92ea1eb08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "aws_lambda_powertools"
-version = "3.0.0"
+version = "2.9.9"
 description = "Powertools for AWS Lambda (Python) is a developer toolkit to implement Serverless best practices and increase developer velocity."
 authors = ["Amazon Web Services"]
 include = ["aws_lambda_powertools/py.typed", "THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES"]