diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index 355c88ba3be58..569a5ca803293 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 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.
 
+## [2.96.2-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.96.1-alpha.0...v2.96.2-alpha.0) (2023-09-14)
+
 ## [2.96.1-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.96.0-alpha.0...v2.96.1-alpha.0) (2023-09-14)
 
 ## [2.96.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.95.1-alpha.0...v2.96.0-alpha.0) (2023-09-13)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index e1b8a418edb74..1a4bd1d19074d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 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.
 
+## [2.96.2](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.96.1...v2.96.2) (2023-09-14)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **custom-resources:** does not accept strings where numbers are expected, skips recursive types ([#27112](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/27112)) ([d8dcd75](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/d8dcd758d30e4d7e85c4d389a21718726e779644))
+
 ## [2.96.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.96.0...v2.96.1) (2023-09-14)
 
 
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index 1ad50edb88b3a..7989e246e1af2 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.96.1",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.96.1-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.96.2",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.96.2-alpha.0"
 }
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