diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25c224286..3000730d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.31.9](https://github.com/jm33-m0/emp3r0r/compare/v1.31.8...v1.31.9) (2023-09-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* [#253](https://github.com/jm33-m0/emp3r0r/issues/253) ([2ebb6f4](https://github.com/jm33-m0/emp3r0r/commit/2ebb6f42434b38cc458fa6b2a7ec1a72ec3c18ce))
+* [#254](https://github.com/jm33-m0/emp3r0r/issues/254) ([a9f3674](https://github.com/jm33-m0/emp3r0r/commit/a9f36743fcc4c2c8e5085f9318c335280eb361fd))
+
 ## [1.31.8](https://github.com/jm33-m0/emp3r0r/compare/v1.31.7...v1.31.8) (2023-09-07)
 
 
diff --git a/core/lib/data/def.go b/core/lib/data/def.go
index e4f5e5d68..d5d9eff7f 100644
--- a/core/lib/data/def.go
+++ b/core/lib/data/def.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const (
 
 	// Version hardcoded version string
 	// see https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/blob/f398bdffdae69772c61a82cd7158cca3478c2110/src/updaters/generic.ts#L30
-	Version = "v1.31.8" // x-release-please-version
+	Version = "v1.31.9" // x-release-please-version
 
 	// RShellBufSize buffer size of reverse shell stream
 	RShellBufSize = 128