From 74f85e9b1682648a7bde106ab401adb4183132c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: semantic-release-bot <semantic-release-bot@martynus.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:39:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): 9.0.0-alpha.1 [skip ci]

# [9.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.6.0...9.0.0-alpha.1) (2025-12-12)

### Features

* Increase required minimum Node version to `20.19.0` ([#9970](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9970)) ([633964d](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/633964d32e249d8cc16c58de7ddd9b7637c69fb1))

### BREAKING CHANGES

* This releases increases the required minimum Node version to `20.19.0`. ([633964d](633964d))
---
 changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 package-lock.json             |  4 ++--
 package.json                  |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md b/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md
index b3cb7177..babafd04 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# [9.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.6.0...9.0.0-alpha.1) (2025-12-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Increase required minimum Node version to `20.19.0` ([#9970](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9970)) ([633964d](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/633964d32e249d8cc16c58de7ddd9b7637c69fb1))
+
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* This releases increases the required minimum Node version to `20.19.0`. ([633964d](633964d))
+
 # [8.6.0-alpha.2](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.6.0-alpha.1...8.6.0-alpha.2) (2025-12-10)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0628735f..e0bc5c6b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "parse-server",
-  "version": "8.6.0",
+  "version": "9.0.0-alpha.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "parse-server",
-      "version": "8.6.0",
+      "version": "9.0.0-alpha.1",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58635451..e40f4e83 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "parse-server",
-  "version": "8.6.0",
+  "version": "9.0.0-alpha.1",
   "description": "An express module providing a Parse-compatible API server",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "repository": {