diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 86dc4d17656a..c20748f49b19 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.9.6"
+  ".": "2.9.7"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cea30e5b1f53..f20a5e601a92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 ##### Security
 * [11745](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/11745) Update `golang.org/x/crypto` to `v0.18.0`
 
+## [2.9.7](https://github.com/grafana/loki/compare/v2.9.6...v2.9.7) (2024-04-10)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Bump go to 1.21.9 and build image to 0.33.1 ([#12542](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/12542)) ([efc4d2f](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/efc4d2f009e04ecb1db58a637b89b33aa234de34))
+
 ## [2.9.6](https://github.com/grafana/loki/compare/v2.9.5...v2.9.6) (2024-03-21)