diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 2180ecfe20..489ab7da8b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -655,3 +655,5 @@ iancmy
 mokrueger
 luvyana
 szantnerb
+hugepower
+scribblemaniac
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 73bf828a60..0b96ab29cd 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ # Changelog
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->
 
+### 2024.08.06
+
+#### Core changes
+- **jsinterp**: [Improve `slice` implementation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bb8bf1db993f59752d20b73b861bd55e40cf0e31) ([#10664](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10664)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **discoveryplusitaly**: [Support sport and olympics URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e7d73bc4531ee3f91a46b15e218dcc1fbeb6226c) ([#10655](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10655)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **gem.cbc.ca**: live: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fc5eecfa31c9571b6031cc3968aaa0394be55d7a) ([#10565](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10565)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [scribblemaniac](https://github.com/scribblemaniac)
+- **niconico**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4d9231208332d4c32364b8cd814bff8b20232cae) ([#10677](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10677)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **olympics**: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/919540a9644e55deb78cdd6751757ec8fdaf76f4) ([#10625](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10625)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youku**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0088c6de23d832b117061a33e984dc452d992e9c) ([#10626](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10626)) by [hugepower](https://github.com/hugepower)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Change default player clients to `ios,web_creator`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/406f4c2e47502fffc1b0c210b4ee6487c89a44cb) ([#10674](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10674)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Fix `n` function name extraction for player `b12cc44b`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c86891eb9434b4d7eec426d38c0c625b5e13cb2f) ([#10668](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10668)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
 ### 2024.08.01
 
 #### Core changes
diff --git a/yt_dlp/version.py b/yt_dlp/version.py
index 81d1c2c963..6633a11b91 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2024.08.01'
+__version__ = '2024.08.06'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = 'ffd7781d6588926f820b44a34b9e6e3068fb9f97'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '4d9231208332d4c32364b8cd814bff8b20232cae'
 
 VARIANT = None
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 
 ORIGIN = 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
 
-_pkg_version = '2024.08.01'
+_pkg_version = '2024.08.06'