diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 5b39432cf..8ba8d66bd 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 # Azure Monitor Metrics for AKS clusters
 
-## Pending
+## Release 07-19-2024
+* Linux image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>`
+* Windows image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-win`
+* TA image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-targetallocator`
+* cfg sidecar image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-cfg`
+* Change log -
 * fix: Truncate DCE/DCR to 44/64 chars in ARM, Bicep, Terraform... - https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/922
 * fix: add single quotes to pod annotations for multiple namespace scenario - https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/927
 * feat: Upgrade components to 0.99 and use golang for config processing - https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/891
+* fix: move to single quote for telegraf - https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/946
+* compliance: add codeql to build pipeline - https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/939
+* Updating deployment specs for ama-metrics-operator-targets as this pod was not getting cleaned up by GC on low memory evictions due to memory pressure - https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/931
+* Test: unit tests and some small fixes for configmap processing - https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/930
 
 ## Release 06-12-2024
 * Target Allocator Chart update to add Tls secret to the config reader sidecar container  
 
 ## Release 06-10-2024 (CCP release only)
-* Linux image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>`
-* Windows image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-win`
-* TA image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-targetallocator`
-* cfg sidecar image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-cfg`
+* Linux image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:6.8.14-main-06-10-2024-b20600b3`
+* Windows image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:6.8.14-main-06-10-2024-b20600b3-win`
+* TA image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:6.8.14-main-06-10-2024-b20600b3-targetallocator`
+* cfg sidecar image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:6.8.14-main-06-10-2024-b20600b3-cfg`
 * Change log -
   * fix: honor minimal ingestion profile setting for ccp - https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/911
 
diff --git a/otelcollector/VERSION b/otelcollector/VERSION
index b6d1dc565..97f578152 100644
--- a/otelcollector/VERSION
+++ b/otelcollector/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.8.14
+6.9.0
diff --git a/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/local_testing_aks.ps1 b/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/local_testing_aks.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8ea0afc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/local_testing_aks.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# This script is only for AKS cluster testing. It reads the template files (Chart-template.yaml and values-template.yaml),
+# replaces placeholders with actual values, removes specific sections, 
+# and then writes the modified content back to new files (Chart.yaml and values.yaml).
+# The placeholders replaced include HELM_CHART_NAME, IMAGE_TAG, MCR_REPOSITORY, ARC_EXTENSION, 
+# AKS_REGION, and AKS_RESOURCE_ID. It also removes the dependencies section from the 
+# Chart-template.yaml file.
+
+# Define variables
+$ImageTag = "6.8.14-kaveesh-q-07-19-2024-e7626ca2"
+$AKSRegion = "westeurope"
+$AKSResourceId = "/subscriptions/ce4d1293-71c0-4c72-bc55-133553ee9e50/resourceGroups/kaveeshtest/providers/Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/kaveeshtest"
+
+# Read files
+$chartTemplatePath = ".\Chart-template.yaml"
+$valuesTemplatePath = ".\values-template.yaml"
+
+$chartTemplateContent = Get-Content -Path $chartTemplatePath -Raw
+$valuesTemplateContent = Get-Content -Path $valuesTemplatePath -Raw
+
+# Create copies of the files
+$chartOutputPath = ".\Chart.yaml"
+$valuesOutputPath = ".\values.yaml"
+$chartTemplateContent | Out-File -FilePath $chartOutputPath
+$valuesTemplateContent | Out-File -FilePath $valuesOutputPath
+
+# Replace placeholders in Chart-template.yaml
+$chartTemplateContent = $chartTemplateContent -replace '\$\{HELM_CHART_NAME\}', 'ama-metrics'
+$chartTemplateContent = $chartTemplateContent -replace '\$\{IMAGE_TAG\}', $ImageTag
+# Remove the dependencies section
+$chartTemplateContent = $chartTemplateContent -replace '(?s)dependencies:\s*-\s*name:\s*prometheus-node-exporter\s*version:\s*"4\.26\.0"\s*repository:\s*oci://\$\{MCR_REGISTRY\}\$\{MCR_REPOSITORY_HELM_DEPENDENCIES\}\s*condition:\s*AzureMonitorMetrics\.ArcExtension\s*', ''
+
+
+# Replace placeholders in values-template.yaml
+$valuesTemplateContent = $valuesTemplateContent -replace '\$\{IMAGE_TAG\}', $ImageTag
+$valuesTemplateContent = $valuesTemplateContent -replace '\$\{MCR_REPOSITORY\}', '/azuremonitor/containerinsights/cidev/prometheus-collector/images'
+$valuesTemplateContent = $valuesTemplateContent -replace '\$\{ARC_EXTENSION\}', 'false'
+$valuesTemplateContent = $valuesTemplateContent -replace '\$\{AKS_REGION\}', $AKSRegion
+$valuesTemplateContent = $valuesTemplateContent -replace '\$\{AKS_RESOURCE_ID\}', $AKSResourceId
+
+# Write the modified content back to the files
+$chartTemplateContent | Out-File -FilePath $chartOutputPath
+$valuesTemplateContent | Out-File -FilePath $valuesOutputPath
+
+Write-Host "Files have been processed and saved as Chart.yaml and values.yaml"