diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/android-ci.yml
index 9b6716580..c56d6c372 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-ci.yml
@@ -344,12 +344,19 @@ jobs:
       - android-build-cpp-test
       - android-build-render-test
     steps:
+      - name: Set success=true
+        if: needs.android-build.result == 'success' && needs.android-build-cpp-test.result == 'success' && needs.android-build-render-test.result == 'success'
+        run: echo success=true > "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Mark result as failed
-        if: needs.android-build.result != 'success' || needs.android-build-cpp-test.result != 'success' || needs.android-build-render-test.result != 'success'
+        if: env.success != 'true'
         run: exit 1
 
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: needs.android-build.outputs.make_release == 'true' && env.success
+
       - name: Trigger release
-        if: needs.android-build.outputs.make_release == 'true' && needs.android-build.result == 'success' && needs.android-build-cpp-test.result == 'success' && needs.android-build-render-test.result == 'success'
+        if: needs.android-build.outputs.make_release == 'true' && env.success
         run: gh workflow run android-release.yml --ref ${{ github.sha }}
         env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-release.yml b/.github/workflows/android-release.yml
index b81f42525..8a5aa7bb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-release.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
         id: prepare_release
         run: |
           RELEASE_NOTES_PATH="${PWD}/release_notes.txt"
-          node scripts/release-notes.mjs > "${RELEASE_NOTES_PATH}"
+          node scripts/release-notes.mjs ${{ env.version }} > "${RELEASE_NOTES_PATH}"
           echo release_notes="${RELEASE_NOTES_PATH}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo version_tag=android-v${{ env.version }} >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         shell: bash
diff --git a/platform/android/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/android/CHANGELOG.md
index e83bd2f7b..cfa963c2f 100644
--- a/platform/android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog MapLibre Native for Android
 
+## main
+
+### ✨ Features and improvements
+
+### 🐞 Bug fixes
+
+## 11.9.0
+
+### ✨ Features and improvements
+
+- Add dynamic texture atlas ([#3198](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3198)).
+- Remove some of unused legacy uniforms ([#3481](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3481)).
+
+### 🐞 Bug fixes
+
+- Fix vulkan scaling issue ([#3489](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3489)).
+- Fix swapchain out of bounds ([#3486](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3486)).
+- Fix validation error reported by VulkanSDK 1.4.313.0 ([#3471](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3471)).P
+
 ## 11.9.0-pre0
 
 Pre-release to test out the new [dynamic texture atlas](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3198). This should result in a memory reduction. Please [open an issue](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/issues) if you encounter any problems.
@@ -10,6 +29,7 @@ Pre-release to test out the new [dynamic texture atlas](https://github.com/mapli
 
 - Update NDK to 28.1.13356709 ([#3450](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3450)).
 - Add support to range requests in AssetFileSource ([#3461](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3404)).
+- Force PMTiles metadata to always have XYZ tile scheme ([#3403](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/3403)).
 
 ### 🐞 Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/platform/android/VERSION b/platform/android/VERSION
index 330c09652..ba9aff72c 100644
--- a/platform/android/VERSION
+++ b/platform/android/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11.9.0-pre0
+11.9.0
diff --git a/platform/android/scripts/release-notes-github.md.ejs b/platform/android/scripts/release-notes-github.md.ejs
deleted file mode 100644
index 83042c6dd..000000000
--- a/platform/android/scripts/release-notes-github.md.ejs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<%-CHANGELOG-%>
diff --git a/platform/android/scripts/release-notes.mjs b/platform/android/scripts/release-notes.mjs
index 6867a6452..d771aeccb 100755
--- a/platform/android/scripts/release-notes.mjs
+++ b/platform/android/scripts/release-notes.mjs
@@ -1,73 +1,42 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import ejs from 'ejs';
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import semver from 'semver';
 
 const changelogPath = 'CHANGELOG.md';
 const changelog = fs.readFileSync(changelogPath, 'utf8');
 
-/*
-  Find current and immediately previous releases by parsing git tags.
-*/
-let currentVersion = execSync('git describe --tags --match=android-v*.*.* --abbrev=0')
-    .toString()
-    .trim()
-    .replace('android-v', '');
+function usage() {
+  console.error(`Usage ${process.argv[0]} ${process.argv[1]} current-version`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
 
-let gitTags = execSync('git tag --list android-v*.*.*')
-    .toString()
-    .split('\n')
-    .map(function (tag) {
-        tag = tag.replace('android-v', '').trim();
-        return semver.clean(tag);
-    });
-let previousVersion = semver.maxSatisfying(gitTags, "<" + currentVersion);
+if (process.argv.length !== 3) {
+  usage();
+}
+
+let currentVersion = process.argv[2];
+if (typeof currentVersion !== 'string') {
+  usage();
+}
 
 /*
   Parse the raw changelog text and split it into individual releases.
-
-  This regular expression:
-    - Matches lines starting with "## x.x.x".
-    - Groups the version number.
-    - Skips the (optional) release date.
-    - Groups the changelog content.
-    - Ends when another "## x.x.x" is found.
 */
-const regex = /^## (\d+\.\d+\.\d+).*?\n(.+?)(?=\n^## \d+\.\d+\.\d+.*?\n)/gms;
+const regex = /^## (\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-[^\s]+)?).*?\n(.+?)(?=\n^## \d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-[^\s]+)?.*?\n)/gms;
 
-let releaseNotes = [];
+let releaseNotes = {};
 let match;
 while (match = regex.exec(changelog)) {
-    releaseNotes.push({
-        'version': match[1],
-        'changelog': match[2].trim(),
-    });
+  const version = match[1];
+  const changelog = match[2].trim();
+  releaseNotes[version] = changelog;
 }
 
-/*
-  Match the current tag with the most appropriate release notes.
-*/
-const versionsInReleaseNotes = _.map(releaseNotes, 'version');
-const bestReleaseNotesForCurrentVersion = semver.minSatisfying(versionsInReleaseNotes, ">=" + currentVersion);
-const currentReleaseNotes = _.find(releaseNotes, { version: bestReleaseNotesForCurrentVersion });
-
-if (!currentReleaseNotes) {
-    console.error('Could not find a release section satisfying %s in %s — did you forget to rename the "main" section to %s?', currentVersion, changelogPath, currentVersion.split("-")[0]);
-    process.exit(1);
+if (releaseNotes[currentVersion]) {
+  process.stdout.write(releaseNotes[currentVersion]);
+} else if (currentVersion.includes("pre")) {
+  console.error(`No release notes found for version ${currentVersion}, ignoring since pre release.`);
+  process.exit(0);
+} else {
+  console.error(`No release notes found for version ${currentVersion}, please update the changelog.`);
+  process.exit(1);
 }
-
-/*
-  Fill and print the release notes template.
-*/
-let templatedReleaseNotes;
-
-templatedReleaseNotes = ejs.render(fs.readFileSync('scripts/release-notes-github.md.ejs', 'utf8'), {
-    'CURRENTVERSION': currentVersion,
-    'PREVIOUSVERSION': previousVersion,
-    'CHANGELOG': currentReleaseNotes.changelog,
-    'isPrerelease': semver.prerelease(currentVersion)
-});
-templatedReleaseNotes = templatedReleaseNotes.trimEnd();
-
-process.stdout.write(templatedReleaseNotes);