diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e85ec109..7c53a1b7 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 bfd7ccd9..f83b3cc3 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/js-bson/compare/v6.8.0...v6.9.0) (2024-10-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-6031:** add `t` and `i` to Timestamp ([#704](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/issues/704)) ([b766d0f](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/commit/b766d0f40ad2e8a58499615f0b2bd669661db518))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **NODE-6344:** improve ObjectId.isValid(string) performance ([#708](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/issues/708)) ([064ba91](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/commit/064ba916e5d64aa59a2bce165553e40892687ab4))
+* **NODE-6356:** Improve serialization performance ([#709](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/issues/709)) ([61537f5](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/commit/61537f54b8e3816e943ca1b7a164327e5d812f57))
+
 ## [6.8.0](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/compare/v6.7.0...v6.8.0) (2024-06-27)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b13db866..c30bde48 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "bson",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.9.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "bson",
-      "version": "6.8.0",
+      "version": "6.9.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@istanbuljs/nyc-config-typescript": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6fed86fa..ab97117f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "vendor"
   ],
   "types": "bson.d.ts",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.9.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "The MongoDB NodeJS Team",
     "email": "dbx-node@mongodb.com"