diff --git a/grimoire_elk/_version.py b/grimoire_elk/_version.py
index cbe3fcc9b..d7fe413c5 100644
--- a/grimoire_elk/_version.py
+++ b/grimoire_elk/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# File auto-generated by semverup on 2024-01-30 18:14:53.093421
-__version__ = "0.109.5"
+# File auto-generated by semverup on 2024-02-01 13:41:19.671906
+__version__ = "0.109.6-rc.1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 756c9a2cc..72c2a1eee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "grimoire-elk"
-version = "0.109.5"
+version = "0.109.6-rc.1"
 description = "GrimoireELK processes and stores software development data to ElasticSearch"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
diff --git a/releases/0.109.6-rc.1.md b/releases/0.109.6-rc.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2eed5cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/0.109.6-rc.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  ## grimoire-elk 0.109.6-rc.1 - (2024-02-01)
+  
+  * Update Poetry's package dependencies