diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1a270cd..eadaa189 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+2.6.9 / 2017-09-22
+==================
+
+  * remove ReDoS regexp in %o formatter (#504)
+
 2.6.8 / 2017-05-18
 ==================
 
diff --git a/component.json b/component.json
index 94cd36d8..9de26410 100644
--- a/component.json
+++ b/component.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "debug",
   "repo": "visionmedia/debug",
   "description": "small debugging utility",
-  "version": "2.6.8",
+  "version": "2.6.9",
   "keywords": [
     "debug",
     "log",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df863517..dc787ba7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "debug",
-  "version": "2.6.8",
+  "version": "2.6.9",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/visionmedia/debug.git"
diff --git a/src/inspector-log.js b/src/inspector-log.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60ea6c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/inspector-log.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module.exports = inspectorLog;
+
+// black hole
+const nullStream = new (require('stream').Writable)();
+nullStream._write = () => {};
+
+/**
+ * Outputs a `console.log()` to the Node.js Inspector console *only*.
+ */
+function inspectorLog() {
+  const stdout = console._stdout;
+  console._stdout = nullStream;
+  console.log.apply(console, arguments);
+  console._stdout = stdout;
+}