diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.9.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.9.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8cb290e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.9.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[eshadoop-6.8.9]]
+== Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop version 6.8.9
+
+ES-Hadoop 6.8.9 is a version compatibility release,
+tested specifically against Elasticsearch 6.8.9.
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
index 2b3366e3f..93cb6bf8f 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 [[release-notes-6]]
 ===== 6.x
 
+* <<eshadoop-6.8.9>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.8>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.7>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.6>>
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ http://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop/issues/XXX[#XXX]
 
 ////////////////////////
 
+include::release-notes/6.8.9.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.8.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.7.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.6.adoc[]