diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67e57d6b97..ee35b22939 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,49 +2,52 @@
 
 **Topics**
 
-- <a href="#v8-6-8">v8\.6\.8</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-9">v8\.6\.9</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-8">v8\.6\.8</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-6-7">v8\.6\.7</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-6-6">v8\.6\.6</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-6-5">v8\.6\.5</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-6-4">v8\.6\.4</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-6-3">v8\.6\.3</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-6-2">v8\.6\.2</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a>
 - <a href="#v8-6-1">v8\.6\.1</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes-1">Security Fixes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-6-0">v8\.6\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v8-5-0">v8\.5\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#security-fixes-1">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes-2">Security Fixes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v8-4-0">v8\.4\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
@@ -52,13 +55,13 @@
         - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v8-3-0">v8\.3\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v8-2-0">v8\.2\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-13">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-7">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-12">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@
         - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules-4">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v8-1-0">v8\.1\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-13">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-14">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-8">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-13">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-plugins-2">New Plugins</a>
@@ -75,13 +78,13 @@
         - <a href="#test">Test</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules-5">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v8-0-2">v8\.0\.2</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-14">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-15">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-14">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-0-1">v8\.0\.1</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-15">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-16">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-15">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v8-0-0">v8\.0\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-16">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-17">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-9">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
     - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
@@ -93,10 +96,23 @@
     - <a href="#new-modules-6">New Modules</a>
 This changelog describes changes after version 7\.0\.0\.
 
+<a id="v8-6-9"></a>
+## v8\.6\.9
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Maintenance release with a security fix\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* keycloak\_authentication \- API calls did not properly set the <code>priority</code> during update resulting in incorrectly sorted authentication flows\. This apparently only affects Keycloak 25 or newer \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9263)\)\.
+
 <a id="v8-6-8"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.8
 
-<a id="release-summary"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Maintenance release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.13\.0\.
@@ -109,7 +125,7 @@ Maintenance release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.13\.0\.
 <a id="v8-6-7"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.7
 
-<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Bugfix release\.
@@ -123,7 +139,7 @@ Bugfix release\.
 <a id="v8-6-6"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.6
 
-<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix release\.
@@ -158,7 +174,7 @@ security fixes\.
 <a id="v8-6-5"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.5
 
-<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix release\.
@@ -177,7 +193,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="v8-6-4"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.4
 
-<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix release\.
@@ -198,7 +214,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="v8-6-3"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.3
 
-<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix release\.
@@ -219,7 +235,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="v8-6-2"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.2
 
-<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix release\.
@@ -246,12 +262,12 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="v8-6-1"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.1
 
-<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix release\.
 
-<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+<a id="security-fixes-1"></a>
 ### Security Fixes
 
 * keycloak\_identity\_provider \- the client secret was not correctly sanitized by the module\. The return values <code>proposed</code>\, <code>existing</code>\, and <code>end\_state</code>\, as well as the diff\, did contain the client secret unmasked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355)\)\.
@@ -267,7 +283,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="v8-6-0"></a>
 ## v8\.6\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and features release\.
@@ -321,7 +337,7 @@ Regular bugfix and features release\.
 <a id="v8-5-0"></a>
 ## v8\.5\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular feature and bugfix release with security fixes\.
@@ -339,7 +355,7 @@ Regular feature and bugfix release with security fixes\.
 * proxmox \- adds <code>startup</code> parameters to configure startup order\, startup delay and shutdown delay \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038)\)\.
 * revbitspss lookup plugin \- removed a redundant unicode prefix\. The prefix was not necessary for Python 3 and has been cleaned up to streamline the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087)\)\.
 
-<a id="security-fixes-1"></a>
+<a id="security-fixes-2"></a>
 ### Security Fixes
 
 * cobbler\, gitlab\_runners\, icinga2\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, opennebula\, proxmox\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox\, and xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
@@ -366,7 +382,7 @@ Regular feature and bugfix release with security fixes\.
 <a id="v8-4-0"></a>
 ## v8\.4\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
@@ -422,7 +438,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="v8-3-0"></a>
 ## v8\.3\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-12"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
@@ -469,7 +485,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="v8-2-0"></a>
 ## v8\.2\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-12"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-13"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
@@ -530,7 +546,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="v8-1-0"></a>
 ## v8\.1\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-13"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-14"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
@@ -613,7 +629,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="v8-0-2"></a>
 ## v8\.0\.2
 
-<a id="release-summary-14"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-15"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.0\.0rc1\.
@@ -627,7 +643,7 @@ Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.0\.0rc1\.
 <a id="v8-0-1"></a>
 ## v8\.0\.1
 
-<a id="release-summary-15"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-16"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.0\.0b1\.
@@ -645,7 +661,7 @@ Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.0\.0b1\.
 <a id="v8-0-0"></a>
 ## v8\.0\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-16"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-17"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 This is release 8\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2023\-11\-01\.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 46e87bb81a..69900a32a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 7.0.0.
 
+v8.6.9
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Maintenance release with a security fix.
+
+Security Fixes
+--------------
+
+- keycloak_authentication - API calls did not properly set the ``priority`` during update resulting in incorrectly sorted authentication flows. This apparently only affects Keycloak 25 or newer (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9263).
+
 v8.6.8
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 43bd69e85c..21054d5408 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1674,3 +1674,14 @@ releases:
       - 8.6.8.yml
       - 9186-fix-broken-check-mode-in-github-key.yml
     release_date: '2024-12-02'
+  8.6.9:
+    changes:
+      release_summary: Maintenance release with a security fix.
+      security_fixes:
+        - keycloak_authentication - API calls did not properly set the ``priority``
+          during update resulting in incorrectly sorted authentication flows. This
+          apparently only affects Keycloak 25 or newer (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9263).
+    fragments:
+      - 8.6.9.yml
+      - 9263-kc_authentication-api-priority.yaml
+    release_date: '2024-12-31'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8.6.9.yml b/changelogs/fragments/8.6.9.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a762dd62e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/8.6.9.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: Maintenance release with a security fix.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9263-kc_authentication-api-priority.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/9263-kc_authentication-api-priority.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a943e659ad..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/9263-kc_authentication-api-priority.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-security_fixes:
-  - keycloak_authentication - API calls did not properly set the ``priority`` during update resulting in incorrectly sorted authentication flows. This apparently only affects Keycloak 25 or newer (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9263).
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