diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index acf65c6ddb..f738659511 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
* 📅 Release Date: _expected_ beginning of September 2024
-### Embedded and use Maven 3.9.8
+### Embedded and use Maven 3.9.9
-Updated the embedded Maven from version 3.9.7 to 3.9.8; [Maven 3.9.8 Release Notes](https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.9.8/release-notes.html).
+Updated the embedded Maven from version 3.9.7 to 3.9.9; [Maven 3.9.9 Release Notes](https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.9.9/release-notes.html).
## 2.6.1
diff --git a/org.eclipse.m2e.feature/forceQualifierUpdate.txt b/org.eclipse.m2e.feature/forceQualifierUpdate.txt
index 504bacdcad..418cc0fa12 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.m2e.feature/forceQualifierUpdate.txt
+++ b/org.eclipse.m2e.feature/forceQualifierUpdate.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
# To force a version qualifier update add the bug here
-Update build-qualifier because maven-runtime version update to Maven 3.9.8 (updated)
+Update build-qualifier because maven-runtime version update to Maven 3.9.9 (updated)
diff --git a/org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime/pom.xml
index edce555b53..25a3a7e392 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime/pom.xml
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@
org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime
- 3.9.800-SNAPSHOT
+ 3.9.900-SNAPSHOT
jar
M2E Embedded Maven Runtime (includes Incubating components)
- 3.9.8
+ 3.9.9
- 1.9.20
+ 1.9.22
1.16.1
1.2.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c48ada4d18..22be31246f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
org.eclipse.m2e
org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime
- 3.9.800-SNAPSHOT
+ 3.9.900-SNAPSHOT