diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ff29ac8..f6422c1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.7.2"
+  ".": "9.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fa4ae8..f07eaff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Python SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [9.8.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.7.2...9.8.0) (2024-10-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for client-side prerequisite events ([#314](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/314)) ([3025af4](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/3025af4dc6499c678e30bb2ae240a30b8c89f101))
+
 ## [9.7.2](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.7.1...9.7.2) (2024-10-01)
 
 
diff --git a/PROVENANCE.md b/PROVENANCE.md
index a330a78..3b6a175 100644
--- a/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify SLSA provenance attestations, we recommend using [slsa-verifier](https
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the SDK to verify
-SDK_VERSION=9.7.2
+SDK_VERSION=9.8.0
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/ldclient/version.py b/ldclient/version.py
index 6ccc63e..d1d2f64 100644
--- a/ldclient/version.py
+++ b/ldclient/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "9.7.2" # x-release-please-version
+VERSION = "9.8.0" # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b4d7fea..59e2182 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "launchdarkly-server-sdk"
-version = "9.7.2"
+version = "9.8.0"
 description = "LaunchDarkly SDK for Python"
 authors = ["LaunchDarkly <dev@launchdarkly.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"