diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 93c15c4a..4ef745c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2024-11-23 v9.8.0
+- Fix output generation when first_non_empty function doesn't generate output in https://github.com/openaddresses/batch-machine/pull/69
+
 2024-11-20 v9.7.0
 - Use protomaps for basemap tiles on process-one preview image in https://github.com/openaddresses/batch-machine/pull/68
 
diff --git a/openaddr/VERSION b/openaddr/VERSION
index a458a24c..834eb3fa 100644
--- a/openaddr/VERSION
+++ b/openaddr/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.0
+9.8.0