diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e62f9f9cdb..c732090b1f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+6.3.8 / 2022-06-13
+==================
+ * fix: revert 670b445b0fc perf optimizations that caused some test failures #11541
+
 6.3.7 / 2022-06-13
 ==================
  * fix(schema+document): allow disabling _id on subdocuments by default #11541
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3c84573789..ee3ef2f7cda 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "mongoose",
   "description": "Mongoose MongoDB ODM",
-  "version": "6.3.7",
+  "version": "6.3.8",
   "author": "Guillermo Rauch <guillermo@learnboost.com>",
   "keywords": [
     "mongodb",