diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3bfeaa8..b2411aea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## v2.2.9
+Tue 14 Dec 2021 09:02:34 GMT
+
+* [f5580d3](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-sdk-java/commit/f5580d3) Bump log4j-core from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0
+* [e83c506](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-sdk-java/commit/e83c506) Add OpenTelemetry tracing (#151)
+
 ## v2.2.8
 Thu 26 Aug 2021 13:49:18 BST
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8612319c..60b4b17f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <groupId>org.hyperledger.fabric-sdk-java</groupId>
     <artifactId>fabric-sdk-java</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>2.2.8</version>
+    <version>2.2.9</version>
     <name>fabric-java-sdk</name>
     <description>Java SDK for Hyperledger fabric project</description>
     <url>https://www.hyperledger.org/community/projects</url>
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>6.2.2</version>
+                <version>6.5.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skipProvidedScope>true</skipProvidedScope>
                     <skipTestScope>true</skipTestScope>