diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md b/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md
index f33e55ef08..f79a79c7d3 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# [8.0.0-alpha.3](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.0.0-alpha.2...8.0.0-alpha.3) (2025-01-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Increase required minimum MongoDB versions to `6.0.19`, `7.0.16`, `8.0.4` ([#9531](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9531)) ([871e508](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/871e5082a9fd768cee3012e26d3c8ddff5c2952c))
+
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* This releases increases the required minimum MongoDB versions to `6.0.19`, `7.0.16`, `8.0.4` and removes support for MongoDB `4`, `5`. ([871e508](871e508))
+
 # [8.0.0-alpha.2](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.0.0-alpha.1...8.0.0-alpha.2) (2025-01-11)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c03296d13c..a5514d8be2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "parse-server",
-  "version": "8.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "8.0.0-alpha.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "parse-server",
-      "version": "8.0.0-alpha.2",
+      "version": "8.0.0-alpha.3",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44436d4986..068e45d477 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "parse-server",
-  "version": "8.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "8.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "An express module providing a Parse-compatible API server",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "repository": {