diff --git a/docs/secpoll.zone b/docs/secpoll.zone
index ba37b4f72ece..95c884abc475 100644
--- a/docs/secpoll.zone
+++ b/docs/secpoll.zone
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@       86400   IN  SOA pdns-public-ns1.powerdns.com. peter\.van\.dijk.powerdns.com. 2024121700 10800 3600 604800 10800
+@       86400   IN  SOA pdns-public-ns1.powerdns.com. peter\.van\.dijk.powerdns.com. 2024121701 10800 3600 604800 10800
 @       3600    IN  NS  pdns-public-ns1.powerdns.com.
 @       3600    IN  NS  pdns-public-ns2.powerdns.com.
 
@@ -577,3 +577,4 @@ dnsdist-1.9.4.security-status                              60 IN TXT "1 OK"
 dnsdist-1.9.5.security-status                              60 IN TXT "1 OK"
 dnsdist-1.9.6.security-status                              60 IN TXT "1 OK"
 dnsdist-1.9.7.security-status                              60 IN TXT "1 OK"
+dnsdist-1.9.8.security-status                              60 IN TXT "1 OK"
diff --git a/pdns/dnsdistdist/docs/changelog.rst b/pdns/dnsdistdist/docs/changelog.rst
index ce769496af8a..ac25e0105d43 100644
--- a/pdns/dnsdistdist/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/pdns/dnsdistdist/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,47 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+.. changelog::
+  :version: 1.9.8
+  :released: 17th of December 2024
+
+  .. change::
+    :tags: Improvements, DNS over TLS, DNS over HTTPS
+    :pullreq: 14877
+
+    Add the ability to load a given TLS tickets key
+
+  .. change::
+    :tags: Bug Fixes, DNS over TLS, DNS over HTTPS
+    :pullreq: 14878
+
+    setTicketsKeyAddedHook: pass a std::string to the hook to avoid luawrapper to truncate content at potential null chars
+
+  .. change::
+    :tags: Improvements
+    :pullreq: 14887
+
+    Add elapsed time to dq object (@phonedph1)
+
+  .. change::
+    :tags: Bug Fixes
+    :pullreq: 14929
+
+    Allow resetting ``setWeightedBalancingFactor()`` to zero
+
+  .. change::
+    :tags: Bug Fixes, DNS over HTTPS
+    :pullreq: 14977
+    :tickets: 14959
+
+    Fix ECS zero-scope caching with incoming DoH queries
+
+  .. change::
+    :tags: Improvements, Metrics
+    :pullreq: 14978
+
+    Custom metrics: better error messages, small doc improvements
+
 .. changelog::
   :version: 1.9.7
   :released: 4th of October 2024