diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0845c73676c..fb85f4fcec7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+6.11.3 / 2023-07-11
+===================
+ * fix: avoid prototype pollution on init
+ * fix(schema): correctly handle uuids with populate() #13317 #13595
+
 6.11.2 / 2023-06-08
 ===================
  * fix(cursor): allow find middleware to modify query cursor options #13476 #13453 #13435
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d8d14f3481..6fa02483ba4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "mongoose",
   "description": "Mongoose MongoDB ODM",
-  "version": "6.11.2",
+  "version": "6.11.3",
   "author": "Guillermo Rauch <guillermo@learnboost.com>",
   "keywords": [
     "mongodb",