diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
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--- a/CHANGES.rst
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@@ -10,6 +10,36 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.11.9 (2024-12-01)
+===================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- Fixed invalid method logging unexpected being logged at exception level on subsequent connections -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10055`, :issue:`10076`.
+
+
+
+
+Miscellaneous internal changes
+------------------------------
+
+- Improved performance of parsing headers when using the C parser -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10073`.
+
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.11.8 (2024-11-27)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/10055.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/10055.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 120000
index b1f45d8b887..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10055.bugfix.rst
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-10076.bugfix.rst
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diff --git a/CHANGES/10073.misc.rst b/CHANGES/10073.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a7e3514ea3..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10073.misc.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improved performance of parsing headers when using the C parser -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/10076.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/10076.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c577366bbe8..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10076.bugfix.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed invalid method logging unexpected being logged at exception level on subsequent connections -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/aiohttp/__init__.py b/aiohttp/__init__.py
index 7896648923e..5615e5349ae 100644
--- a/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.11.9.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.11.9"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple