diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 416ba85570c55..6ff6fb18bf130 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "10.9.3",
+  ".": "10.9.4",
   "workspaces/arborist": "8.0.1",
   "workspaces/libnpmaccess": "9.0.0",
   "workspaces/libnpmdiff": "7.0.1",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95b0421214387..2810d3e08ecc4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [10.9.4](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v10.9.3...v10.9.4) (2025-09-30)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`f7ff89c`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/f7ff89ca89e1cf69d70786b2bc26ff5c04ac31eb) [#8551](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/8551) powershell: fix StrictMode and improve argument parsing  (#8551) (@alexsch01, @splatteredbits)
+
 ## [10.9.3](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v10.9.2...v10.9.3) (2025-06-25)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * [`7cff878`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/7cff878a3dd95b6a9d0bae118914626f5480ecb5) [#8343](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/8343) powershell: use Invoke-Expression to pass args (#8343) (@alexsch01)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cbd14260677e8..fd20d9a10a7b7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "npm",
-  "version": "10.9.3",
+  "version": "10.9.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "npm",
-      "version": "10.9.3",
+      "version": "10.9.4",
       "bundleDependencies": [
         "@isaacs/string-locale-compare",
         "@npmcli/arborist",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99cf43ccda669..8210328523bdb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "10.9.3",
+  "version": "10.9.4",
   "name": "npm",
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
   "workspaces": [