diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efcc7ce49..e3e4ecff3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ This software is distributed under the [LGPL 2.1](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lg
 PHPMailer is available on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/phpmailer/phpmailer) (using semantic versioning), and installation via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) is the recommended way to install PHPMailer. Just add this line to your `composer.json` file:
 
 ```json
-"phpmailer/phpmailer": "^6.9.0"
+"phpmailer/phpmailer": "^6.9.1"
 ```
 
 or run
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 97f578152..dc3829f5e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.9.0
+6.9.1
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 904a9e77d..e7adab1cf 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # PHPMailer Change Log
 
+## Version 6.9.1 (November 25th, 2023)
+* Finalise SendOauth2 example
+
 ## Version 6.9.0 (November 23rd, 2023)
 * Add support for official release of PHP 8.3, add experimental support for PHP 8.4
 * Add `clearCustomHeader` and `replaceCustomHeader` methods
diff --git a/src/PHPMailer.php b/src/PHPMailer.php
index dc491babf..ba4bcd472 100644
--- a/src/PHPMailer.php
+++ b/src/PHPMailer.php
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ class PHPMailer
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.9.0';
+    const VERSION = '6.9.1';
 
     /**
      * Error severity: message only, continue processing.
diff --git a/src/POP3.php b/src/POP3.php
index 70077fbeb..7b25fdd7e 100644
--- a/src/POP3.php
+++ b/src/POP3.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class POP3
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.9.0';
+    const VERSION = '6.9.1';
 
     /**
      * Default POP3 port number.
diff --git a/src/SMTP.php b/src/SMTP.php
index 07467b2e7..1b5b00771 100644
--- a/src/SMTP.php
+++ b/src/SMTP.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class SMTP
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.9.0';
+    const VERSION = '6.9.1';
 
     /**
      * SMTP line break constant.