diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0cf93a5887c..71edb3798fc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,70 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.10.9 (2024-10-04)
+===================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- Fixed proxy headers being used in the ``ConnectionKey`` hash when a proxy was not being used -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+  If default headers are used, they are also used for proxy headers. This could have led to creating connections that were not needed when one was already available.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9368`.
+
+
+
+- Widened the type of the ``trace_request_ctx`` parameter of
+  :meth:`ClientSession.request() <aiohttp.ClientSession.request>` and friends
+  -- by :user:`layday`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9397`.
+
+
+
+
+Removals and backward incompatible breaking changes
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+- Fixed failure to try next host after single-host connection timeout -- by :user:`brettdh`.
+
+  The default client :class:`aiohttp.ClientTimeout` params has changed to include a ``sock_connect`` timeout of 30 seconds so that this correct behavior happens by default.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`7342`.
+
+
+
+
+Miscellaneous internal changes
+------------------------------
+
+- Improved performance of resolving hosts with Python 3.12+ -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9342`.
+
+
+
+- Reduced memory required for timer objects created during the client request lifecycle -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9406`.
+
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.10.8 (2024-09-28)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/7342.breaking.rst b/CHANGES/7342.breaking.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fa511c4c97..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/7342.breaking.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fixed failure to try next host after single-host connection timeout -- by :user:`brettdh`.
-
-The default client :class:`aiohttp.ClientTimeout` params has changed to include a ``sock_connect`` timeout of 30 seconds so that this correct behavior happens by default.
diff --git a/CHANGES/9342.misc.rst b/CHANGES/9342.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 379e52dfc90..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/9342.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improved performance of resolving hosts with Python 3.12+ -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/9368.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/9368.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a9d8c7087e..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/9368.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fixed proxy headers being used in the ``ConnectionKey`` hash when a proxy was not being used -- by :user:`bdraco`.
-
-If default headers are used, they are also used for proxy headers. This could have led to creating connections that were not needed when one was already available.
diff --git a/CHANGES/9397.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/9397.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ff5a235d07e..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/9397.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Widened the type of the ``trace_request_ctx`` parameter of
-:meth:`ClientSession.request() <aiohttp.ClientSession.request>` and friends
--- by :user:`layday`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/9406.misc.rst b/CHANGES/9406.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a0f7e78677..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/9406.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduced memory required for timer objects created during the client request lifecycle -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/aiohttp/__init__.py b/aiohttp/__init__.py
index 491cfded254..a65b3987222 100644
--- a/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.10.9.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.10.9"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple