diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7b13c41c305..2802ceea965 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "6.8.0"
+    ".": "6.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dae161e459e..20517996ccc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project does adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [6.9.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/compare/6.8.0...6.9.0) (2026-10-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **generation:** update request builders and models ([#3205](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/issues/3205)) ([968484b](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/commit/968484bf42c916d4976109a2f431f2756df2b767))
+
 ## [6.8.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/compare/6.7.0...6.8.0) (2026-10-06)
 
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
index 1e3a3f07502..2afdc6308bc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>35MSSharedLib1024.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
-    <VersionPrefix>6.8.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>6.9.0</VersionPrefix>
     <!-- x-release-please-end -->
     <!-- VersionPrefix minor version should not be set when the change comes from the generator. It will be updated automatically. -->
     <!-- VersionPrefix minor version must be manually set when making manual changes to code. -->