diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0d2417af..106ae598b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
 
-<!-- latest_release 6.8.8 -->
-## [v6.8.8](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v6.8.8) (2024-08-27)
+<!-- latest_release 6.8.9 -->
+## [v6.8.9](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v6.8.9) (2024-09-11)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Added fatal message check for postgres_session:query method [#7154](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/7154) ([gokulks97](https://github.com/gokulks97))
-- ci: improve hab pipeline for windows [#7153](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/7153) ([ahasunos](https://github.com/ahasunos))
+- added the correct prod Url spellings [#7166](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/7166) ([vviveksharma](https://github.com/vviveksharma))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 ## [v6.4.48](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v6.4.48) (2023-08-22)
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
 ### Changes since 6.8.1 release
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- added the correct prod Url spellings [#7166](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/7166) ([vviveksharma](https://github.com/vviveksharma)) <!-- 6.8.9 -->
 - Added fatal message check for postgres_session:query method [#7154](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/7154) ([gokulks97](https://github.com/gokulks97)) <!-- 6.8.8 -->
 - ci: improve hab pipeline for windows [#7153](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/7153) ([ahasunos](https://github.com/ahasunos)) <!-- 6.8.7 -->
 - CHEF-14805 Oracle db session resource fixes [#7136](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/7136) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08)) <!-- 6.8.7 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7be101bb7..bab0a8f50 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.8.8
\ No newline at end of file
+6.8.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 7a5285893..cc03a4235 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
-  VERSION = "6.8.8".freeze
+  VERSION = "6.8.9".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 9220d2901..b561c3202 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "6.8.8".freeze
+  VERSION = "6.8.9".freeze
 end