diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index f6484aeb4493b..00863002d9a92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.99.1-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.99.0-alpha.0...v2.99.1-alpha.0) (2023-09-29)
+
 ## [2.99.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.98.0-alpha.0...v2.99.0-alpha.0) (2023-09-27)
 
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index cc185febf3585..7d4f2801be038 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.99.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.99.0...v2.99.1) (2023-09-29)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* load time regression ([#27314](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/27314)) ([fca5a73](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/fca5a7344d2e205663873b577d5d91f203dd9d14))
+
 ## [2.99.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.98.0...v2.99.0) (2023-09-27)
 
 
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index cacfb08013940..c8d2053be1113 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.99.0",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.99.0-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.99.1",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.99.1-alpha.0"
 }
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