diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e85ec109fd6..7c53a1b7c21 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.8.0"
+  ".": "6.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 1ccf5eca7e0..5c763a355dd 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 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.
 
+## [6.9.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.8.0...v6.9.0) (2024-07-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-6225:** add property ownership check before referencing `mongocryptdSpawnPath` and `mongocryptdSpawnArgs` ([#4151](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4151)) ([f48f8d3](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/f48f8d36cf96c25ebf656e359e97b61dbfe7c4ed))
+* **NODE-6244:** Bump max supported wire version and server version ([#4163](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4163)) ([45bc098](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/45bc0982f0f00e1811baf2a613989a808783b8b1))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **NODE-6241:** allow Binary as local kms provider key for auto encryption ([#4165](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4165)) ([d85f827](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/d85f827aca56603b5d7b64f853c190473be81b6f))
+
 ## [6.8.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.7.0...v6.8.0) (2024-06-27)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 538973bf4fd..8e167713fd5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.9.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mongodb",
-      "version": "6.8.0",
+      "version": "6.9.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mongodb-js/saslprep": "^1.1.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ca5286251f8..23e34a1d049 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.9.0",
   "description": "The official MongoDB driver for Node.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [