diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d4c049982b..2f2fe22631 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.9.3"
+  ".": "5.9.4"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4054eb08a0..31303c74a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.9.4](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/compare/v5.9.3...v5.9.4) (2025-01-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* ensure background work is finished when response has 3xx or 5xx status code ([#2742](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/issues/2742)) ([ff2632f](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/commit/ff2632f2d5e391a1f087baaa484174fe27507dd2))
+* use uint8array for htmlrewriter wasm module instead of base64 ([25f6f30](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/commit/25f6f300f481483ab445cf6fb2b9d181d50d2637))
+* use uint8array for user's wasm modules used in middleware instead of base64 ([#2740](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/issues/2740)) ([aab8803](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/commit/aab8803a20b7f0894e2314e9b4ee51d63966e1d1))
+
 ## [5.9.3](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/compare/v5.9.2...v5.9.3) (2025-01-07)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b21ab6fcbe..8ef9bd3734 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@netlify/plugin-nextjs",
-  "version": "5.9.3",
+  "version": "5.9.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@netlify/plugin-nextjs",
-      "version": "5.9.3",
+      "version": "5.9.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@fastly/http-compute-js": "1.1.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 127185738f..6a5779e5e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@netlify/plugin-nextjs",
-  "version": "5.9.3",
+  "version": "5.9.4",
   "description": "Run Next.js seamlessly on Netlify",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "type": "module",