diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30eb99c36..a496c1900 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+
+## [v288] - 2025-01-06
+
 - Ruby apps using bundler 2.6+ will now receive bundler 2.6.2 (https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby/pull/1535)
 - Ruby apps using bundler 2.5.x will now receive bundler 2.5.23 (https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby/pull/1535)
 
@@ -1613,7 +1616,8 @@ Bugfixes:
 * Change gem detection to use lockfile parser
 * use `$RACK_ENV` when thin is detected for rack apps
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby/compare/v287...main
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby/compare/v288...main
+[v288]: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby/compare/v287...v288
 [v287]: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby/compare/v286...v287
 [v286]: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby/compare/v285...v286
 [v285]: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby/compare/v284...v285
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/bundler_2.5.23.md b/changelogs/v288/bundler_2.5.23.md
similarity index 100%
rename from changelogs/unreleased/bundler_2.5.23.md
rename to changelogs/v288/bundler_2.5.23.md
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/bundler_2.6.x_support.md b/changelogs/v288/bundler_2.6.x_support.md
similarity index 100%
rename from changelogs/unreleased/bundler_2.6.x_support.md
rename to changelogs/v288/bundler_2.6.x_support.md
diff --git a/lib/language_pack/version.rb b/lib/language_pack/version.rb
index 1143c73e1..fcec48d6b 100644
--- a/lib/language_pack/version.rb
+++ b/lib/language_pack/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module LanguagePack
   class LanguagePack::Base
-    BUILDPACK_VERSION = "v287"
+    BUILDPACK_VERSION = "v288"
   end
 end