diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index 9b03d17525dc7..904d6ee61971d 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.
 
+## [2.173.4-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.173.3-alpha.0...v2.173.4-alpha.0) (2024-12-27)
+
 ## [2.173.3-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.173.2-alpha.0...v2.173.3-alpha.0) (2024-12-26)
 
 ## [2.173.2-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.173.1-alpha.0...v2.173.2-alpha.0) (2024-12-17)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index 43dff9bac972e..1431b17254baf 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.
 
+## [2.173.4](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.173.3...v2.173.4) (2024-12-27)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **cli:** cli still fails for some plugins returning `expiration: null` ([#32668](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/32668)) ([4da2f65](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/4da2f6553cf488897c0ec10cce063bd3168b726f)), closes [#32111](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/32111)
+
 ## [2.173.3](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.173.2...v2.173.3) (2024-12-26)
 
 
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index e42ef2fcd4997..054cab0ebe3ce 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.173.3",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.173.3-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.173.4",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.173.4-alpha.0"
 }
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