diff --git a/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION b/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
index 44726955203ad21c5ad5de603f55958e93fca7c1..c662e83bd5d49f8ea137dc75488f6258ac8ac408 100644
--- a/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
+++ b/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-13.8.0
+13.9.0
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/zj-bump-shell.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/zj-bump-shell.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..61e808e7071e0ca5f9b60a553078e27d6271d75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/zj-bump-shell.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Update GitLab-Shell to v13.9.0
+merge_request: 45358
+author:
+type: changed