diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c331e89aa8..ff8b3f2b3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   [1.26.5](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.26.5)
   (PR[#4074](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/pull/4074))
 
+- Bump CoreDNS version to [v1.9.4](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.9.4)
+  (PR[#4103](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/pull/4103))
+
 - Bump containerd to [1.6.21](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.21)
   (PR[#4096](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/pull/4096))
 
diff --git a/buildchain/buildchain/versions.py b/buildchain/buildchain/versions.py
index 51b0db988d..ed521afba0 100644
--- a/buildchain/buildchain/versions.py
+++ b/buildchain/buildchain/versions.py
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ def _version_prefix(version: str, prefix: str = "v") -> str:
     ),
     Image(
         name="coredns",
-        version="v1.9.3",
-        digest="sha256:8e352a029d304ca7431c6507b56800636c321cb52289686a581ab70aaa8a2e2a",
+        version="v1.9.4",
+        digest="sha256:b82e294de6be763f73ae71266c8f5466e7e03c69f3a1de96efd570284d35bb18",
     ),
     Image(
         name="dex",