diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 6028b6f519..3e9f4c5ac6 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.9.1](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/compare/v3.9.0...v3.9.1) (2024-01-29)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **types:** support encoding for string type cast ([#2407](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/2407)) ([1dc2011](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/1dc201144daceab0b12193ada0f13dbb25e917f6))
+
 ## [3.9.0](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/compare/v3.8.0...v3.9.0) (2024-01-26)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1e0136a9c0..14b017af01 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mysql2",
-  "version": "3.9.0",
+  "version": "3.9.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mysql2",
-      "version": "3.9.0",
+      "version": "3.9.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "denque": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67805fc733..95e478a36b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mysql2",
-  "version": "3.9.0",
+  "version": "3.9.1",
   "description": "fast mysql driver. Implements core protocol, prepared statements, ssl and compression in native JS",
   "main": "index.js",
   "typings": "typings/mysql/index",