diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 527d344c9c..23b490d60b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+2024.02.9, released December 8th, 2024
+
+	Important / security related fixes.
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: alsa-lib, android-tools, babeld,
+	bmap-tools, boost, ebtables, expat, fbv, foot, frr, gamin,
+	gnutls, intel-microcode, irssi, libcurl, libkrb5, libmodbus,
+	libvpl, linux-tools, lmbench, mbedtls, mosquitto, musl,
+	musl-compat-headers, nfs-utils, ntp, php, postgresql,
+	procps-ng, python-psycopg2, python-sip, qt6base, quagga,
+	rt-tests, sshguard, systemd, tiff, x11vnc
+
+	Issues resolved:
+	- procps-ng: builderror in 2024.08
+	  https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/issues/38
+	- fbv package download link is broken in long term support branch
+	  https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/issues/73
+
 2024.02.8, released November 14th, 2024
 
 	Important / security related fixes.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9702aadf3d..0546a9b1a9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2024.02.8
+export BR2_VERSION := 2024.02.9
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1731601000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1733691000
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)
diff --git a/support/misc/Vagrantfile b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
index 91a801bc16..07959ea064 100644
--- a/support/misc/Vagrantfile
+++ b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Buildroot version to use
-RELEASE='2024.02.8'
+RELEASE='2024.02.9'
 
 ### Change here for more memory/cores ###
 VM_MEMORY=2048