diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 495c681..60b11b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get GitHub OIDC Token
         if: github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/zeroentropy-python'
         id: github-oidc
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: core.setOutput('github_token', await core.getIDToken());
 
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c373724..46b9b6b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.8"
+  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.9"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8034868..d2dc079 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.0-alpha.9 (2026-01-24)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.8...v0.1.0-alpha.9](https://github.com/zeroentropy-ai/zeroentropy-python/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.8...v0.1.0-alpha.9)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **ci:** upgrade `actions/github-script` ([f2d6a4c](https://github.com/zeroentropy-ai/zeroentropy-python/commit/f2d6a4c509ae5ce57fc64c592b3e5039cf40a9ba))
+
 ## 0.1.0-alpha.8 (2026-01-21)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.7...v0.1.0-alpha.8](https://github.com/zeroentropy-ai/zeroentropy-python/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.7...v0.1.0-alpha.8)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2512f10..d054557 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "zeroentropy"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.8"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.9"
 description = "The official Python library for the ZeroEntropy API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/zeroentropy/_version.py b/src/zeroentropy/_version.py
index 69be61f..61ae32c 100644
--- a/src/zeroentropy/_version.py
+++ b/src/zeroentropy/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "zeroentropy"
-__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.8"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.9"  # x-release-please-version