diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ef475f148..167f410e87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.8.9
+
+### Features ⚒
+
+#### General
+
+* Gateway-native WHEP server for playback of realtime AI video
+* [#3841](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3841) byoc/streaming: add streaming workload processing capability to BYOC (@ad-astra-video)
+
+#### Orchestrator
+
+* [#3814](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3814) ai/worker: Add scope pipeline support to worker and build scripts (@victorges)
+* [#3823](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3823) ai/worker: Add sd15-v2v image support (@victorges)
+* [#3843](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3843) ai/worker: Add sdxl-v2v image support (@victorges)
+* [#3849](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3849) byoc: fix orchestrator stream setup when fails (@ad-astra-video)
+
+### Bug Fixes 🐞
+
+#### General
+
+* [#3777](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3777) docker: Forcefully SIGKILL runners after timeout (@pwilczynskiclearcode)
+* [#3779](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3779) worker: Fix orphaned containers on node shutdown (@victorges)
+* [#3781](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3781) worker/docker: Destroy containers from watch routines (@victorges)
+
 ## v0.8.8
 
 ### Features ⚒
diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 07c7b86425..3e3ac497c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -6,29 +6,16 @@
 
 ### Features ⚒
 
-* Gateway-native WHEP server for playback of realtime AI video
-
 #### General
 
-* [#3841](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3841) byoc/streaming: add streaming workload processing capability to BYOC (@ad-astra-video)
-
 #### Broadcaster
 
 #### Orchestrator
 
-* [#3814](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3814) ai/worker: Add scope pipeline support to worker and build scripts (@victorges)
-* [#3823](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3823) ai/worker: Add sd15-v2v image support (@victorges)
-* [#3843](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3843) ai/worker: Add sdxl-v2v image support (@victorges)
-* [#3849](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3849) byoc: fix orchestrator stream setup when fails (@ad-astra-video)
-
 #### Transcoder
 
 ### Bug Fixes 🐞
 
 #### General
 
-* [#3777](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3777) docker: Forcefully SIGKILL runners after timeout (@pwilczynskiclearcode)
-* [#3779](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3779) worker: Fix orphaned containers on node shutdown (@victorges)
-* [#3781](https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/pull/3781) worker/docker: Destroy containers from watch routines (@victorges)
-
 #### CLI
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5c5cbb3b8f..021abec755 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.8
\ No newline at end of file
+0.8.9
\ No newline at end of file