diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92566416ae..491080f0bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 *To see release notes for the `7.x` branch and older releases, see [CHANGELOG on the 7.17 branch](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-ruby/blob/7.17/CHANGELOG.md).*
 
+## 8.11.2 Release notes
+
+Drops runtime dependency on `base64`. Thanks [Earlopain](https://github.com/Earlopain)! Pull Request: [#2295](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-ruby/pull/2295).
+
 ## 8.11.1 Release notes
 
 Adds `base64` dependency
diff --git a/docs/release_notes/811.asciidoc b/docs/release_notes/811.asciidoc
index 431683cb73..f7493111f9 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes/811.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/release_notes/811.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 [[release_notes_8110]]
 === 8.11 Release notes
 
+[discrete]
+[[release_notes_8_11_2]]
+=== 8.11.2 Release notes
+
+Drops runtime dependency on `base64`. Thanks https://github.com/Earlopain[Earlopain]! Pull Request: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-ruby/pull/2295[#2295]).
+
 [discrete]
 [[release_notes_8_11_1]]
 === 8.11.1 Release notes
diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/version.rb b/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/version.rb
index 81bd680efb..cd210c7a14 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/version.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/version.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 
 module Elasticsearch
   module API
-    VERSION = '8.11.1'.freeze
+    VERSION = '8.11.2'.freeze
   end
 end
diff --git a/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.gemspec b/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.gemspec
index 2b0295c386..4c66db4dee 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.gemspec
+++ b/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.gemspec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.5'
 
   s.add_dependency 'elastic-transport', '~> 8.3'
-  s.add_dependency 'elasticsearch-api', '8.11.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'elasticsearch-api', '8.11.2'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'base64'
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler'
diff --git a/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch/version.rb b/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch/version.rb
index 3678684d0a..6ae5df0499 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch/version.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch/version.rb
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 # under the License.
 
 module Elasticsearch
-  VERSION = '8.11.1'.freeze
+  VERSION = '8.11.2'.freeze
 end