diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 34c2ceed..21db5a21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ All enhancements and patches to Cookiecutter Django will be documented in this f
 
 <!-- GENERATOR_PLACEHOLDER -->
 
+## 2023.12.09
+
+
+### Changed
+
+- Add missing __init__.py file to api module ([#4726](https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter-django/pull/4726))
+
 ## 2023.12.07
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc233b6c..22a70fec 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
 # We use calendar versioning
-version = "2023.12.07"
+version = "2023.12.09"
 
 with open("README.md") as readme_file:
     long_description = readme_file.read()