diff --git a/2.6/alpine3.13/Dockerfile b/2.6/alpine3.13/Dockerfile
index 1c1feafe1..4f2440a2b 100644
--- a/2.6/alpine3.13/Dockerfile
+++ b/2.6/alpine3.13/Dockerfile
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.6
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 8262e4663169c85787fdc9bfbd04d9eb86eb2a4b56d7f98373a8fcaa18e593eb
+ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.9
+ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 6a041d82ae6e0f02ccb1465e620d94a7196489d8a13d6018a160da42ebc1eece
 
 # some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
 #   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
diff --git a/2.6/alpine3.14/Dockerfile b/2.6/alpine3.14/Dockerfile
index 5a86b5609..74042817b 100644
--- a/2.6/alpine3.14/Dockerfile
+++ b/2.6/alpine3.14/Dockerfile
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.6
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 8262e4663169c85787fdc9bfbd04d9eb86eb2a4b56d7f98373a8fcaa18e593eb
+ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.9
+ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 6a041d82ae6e0f02ccb1465e620d94a7196489d8a13d6018a160da42ebc1eece
 
 # some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
 #   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
diff --git a/2.6/bullseye/Dockerfile b/2.6/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 387c39d5b..fdc5052a7 100644
--- a/2.6/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/2.6/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.6
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 8262e4663169c85787fdc9bfbd04d9eb86eb2a4b56d7f98373a8fcaa18e593eb
+ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.9
+ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 6a041d82ae6e0f02ccb1465e620d94a7196489d8a13d6018a160da42ebc1eece
 
 # some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
 #   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
diff --git a/2.6/buster/Dockerfile b/2.6/buster/Dockerfile
index b9824a208..887bda5ea 100644
--- a/2.6/buster/Dockerfile
+++ b/2.6/buster/Dockerfile
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.6
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 8262e4663169c85787fdc9bfbd04d9eb86eb2a4b56d7f98373a8fcaa18e593eb
+ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.9
+ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 6a041d82ae6e0f02ccb1465e620d94a7196489d8a13d6018a160da42ebc1eece
 
 # some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
 #   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
diff --git a/2.6/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/2.6/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
index b2aa2cca9..b9dd86b3d 100644
--- a/2.6/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/2.6/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.6
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 8262e4663169c85787fdc9bfbd04d9eb86eb2a4b56d7f98373a8fcaa18e593eb
+ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.9
+ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 6a041d82ae6e0f02ccb1465e620d94a7196489d8a13d6018a160da42ebc1eece
 
 # some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
 #   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
diff --git a/2.6/slim-buster/Dockerfile b/2.6/slim-buster/Dockerfile
index 1e50d8fd7..abeaa720d 100644
--- a/2.6/slim-buster/Dockerfile
+++ b/2.6/slim-buster/Dockerfile
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.6
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 8262e4663169c85787fdc9bfbd04d9eb86eb2a4b56d7f98373a8fcaa18e593eb
+ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.6.9
+ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 6a041d82ae6e0f02ccb1465e620d94a7196489d8a13d6018a160da42ebc1eece
 
 # some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
 #   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 863edff1f..76d98f859 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "2.6": {
-    "sha256": "8262e4663169c85787fdc9bfbd04d9eb86eb2a4b56d7f98373a8fcaa18e593eb",
+    "sha256": "6a041d82ae6e0f02ccb1465e620d94a7196489d8a13d6018a160da42ebc1eece",
     "variants": [
       "bullseye",
       "slim-bullseye",
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "alpine3.14",
       "alpine3.13"
     ],
-    "version": "2.6.8"
+    "version": "2.6.9"
   },
   "2.7": {
     "sha256": "2a80824e0ad6100826b69b9890bf55cfc4cf2b61a1e1330fccbcb30c46cef8d7",