diff --git a/.github/release/manifest.json b/.github/release/manifest.json
index 1952a9bc2e..fb7bcab388 100644
--- a/.github/release/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release/manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.24.3"
+  ".": "3.24.4"
 }
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 57211f79fa..fa13331abd 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.24.4](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/compare/v3.24.3...v3.24.4) (2026-09-06)
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* per-query overhead, local dates, short strings, TLS context and compression ([#4522](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/4522)) ([2387daf](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/2387daf8dc8403783f4238aef4ba22e103cc2fec))
+* reuse TLS sessions across connections to the same server ([#4529](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/4529)) ([9178c82](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/9178c824cf4a7c04c0e04b0586661c56b694056f))
+
 ## [3.24.3](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/compare/v3.24.2...v3.24.3) (2026-09-01)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2571c7f97a..cf9a4675d2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mysql2",
-  "version": "3.24.3",
+  "version": "3.24.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mysql2",
-      "version": "3.24.3",
+      "version": "3.24.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "aws-ssl-profiles": "^1.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d01906495..97ac45ea5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mysql2",
-  "version": "3.24.3",
+  "version": "3.24.4",
   "description": "fast mysql driver. Implements core protocol, prepared statements, ssl and compression in native JS",
   "main": "index.js",
   "typings": "typings/mysql/index",