diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6e12033148db2..058435153b7bd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.8.0",
+  ".": "9.8.1",
   "workspaces/arborist": "6.3.0",
   "workspaces/libnpmaccess": "7.0.2",
   "workspaces/libnpmdiff": "5.0.19",
-  "workspaces/libnpmexec": "6.0.2",
+  "workspaces/libnpmexec": "6.0.3",
   "workspaces/libnpmfund": "4.0.19",
   "workspaces/libnpmhook": "9.0.3",
   "workspaces/libnpmorg": "5.0.4",
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index dea48ae527b87..0233ac67de689 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -888,3 +888,5 @@ may <63159454+m4rch3n1ng@users.noreply.github.com>
 Rayyan Ul Haq <31252332+Rayyan98@users.noreply.github.com>
 DaviDevMod <98312056+DaviDevMod@users.noreply.github.com>
 Mike Ribbons <mribbons@gmail.com>
+Rahul <122141535+rahulio96@users.noreply.github.com>
+AaronHamilton965 <91709196+AaronHamilton965@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21ffce8943514..de68fd445c623 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [9.8.1](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v9.8.0...v9.8.1) (2023-07-18)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* [`38351c9`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/38351c954040ddea56dc5db453f7f7d10964e5cd) [#6651](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6651) warn on autocorrected package.json entries during publish (@wraithgar)
+* [`02c7ddb`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/02c7ddb4501682c9e84b8c1325638b7db1ca7deb) [#6642](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6642) much clearer npx 'canceled' error (#6642) (@rahulio96, @AaronHamilton965)
+
+### Documentation
+
+* [`36bf5fe`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/36bf5fe2a0a2ef7f7ffc0b302eea15e227556010) [#6643](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6643) Added steps for using npm/npx locally to CONTRIBUTING.md (#6643) (@AaronHamilton965, @rahulio96)
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* [`a0763d3`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/a0763d38d8934a6769e5aac08539291c5051f36e) [#6651](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6651) `@npmcli/package-json@4.0.1`
+* [`24f5a8b`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/24f5a8b07909710e06f5aa3844d99c03cce0b9ca) [#6653](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6653) `supports-color@9.4.0`
+* [`f45498b`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/f45498b33550d3874b9602ef027f215ea2590124) [#6653](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6653) `chalk@5.3.0`
+* [`44d60eb`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/44d60eb0c4ee0456ee4c9f855f06348cfb4c0f9c) [#6653](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6653) `minimatch@9.0.3`
+* [`fc9a843`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/fc9a843f59ec4c1733d427566b9df9a4b440bb7f) [#6653](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6653) `bin-links@3.0.2`
+* [`daad9ad`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/daad9addc1e2587d162e06016498252cf0b6514a) [#6653](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6653) `semver@7.5.4`
+* [`c1ffd6a`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/c1ffd6a2f91cdb5c8d3cd7524a3136346181f67f) [#6653](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6653) move @npmcli/fs, @npmcli/promise-spawn into dependencies
+* [Workspace](https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/libnpmexec-v6.0.3): `libnpmexec@6.0.3`
+
 ## [9.8.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v9.7.2...v9.8.0) (2023-07-05)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ec5488b896ae3..a3a116f59a94f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "npm",
-  "version": "9.8.0",
+  "version": "9.8.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "npm",
-      "version": "9.8.0",
+      "version": "9.8.1",
       "bundleDependencies": [
         "@isaacs/string-locale-compare",
         "@npmcli/arborist",
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^3.0.0",
         "libnpmaccess": "^7.0.2",
         "libnpmdiff": "^5.0.19",
-        "libnpmexec": "^6.0.2",
+        "libnpmexec": "^6.0.3",
         "libnpmfund": "^4.0.19",
         "libnpmhook": "^9.0.3",
         "libnpmorg": "^5.0.4",
@@ -15733,7 +15733,7 @@
       }
     },
     "workspaces/libnpmexec": {
-      "version": "6.0.2",
+      "version": "6.0.3",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@npmcli/arborist": "^6.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3308fd9166349..6e719a073893b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "9.8.0",
+  "version": "9.8.1",
   "name": "npm",
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
   "workspaces": [
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^3.0.0",
     "libnpmaccess": "^7.0.2",
     "libnpmdiff": "^5.0.19",
-    "libnpmexec": "^6.0.2",
+    "libnpmexec": "^6.0.3",
     "libnpmfund": "^4.0.19",
     "libnpmhook": "^9.0.3",
     "libnpmorg": "^5.0.4",
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/CHANGELOG.md b/workspaces/libnpmexec/CHANGELOG.md
index 09326d78333d1..f34abd2dcfbe2 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.0.3](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/libnpmexec-v6.0.2...libnpmexec-v6.0.3) (2023-07-18)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* [`02c7ddb`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/02c7ddb4501682c9e84b8c1325638b7db1ca7deb) [#6642](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6642) much clearer npx 'canceled' error (#6642) (@rahulio96, @AaronHamilton965)
+
 ## [6.0.2](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/libnpmexec-v6.0.1...libnpmexec-v6.0.2) (2023-07-05)
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
index 95a1e246cac62..9b86b81a998ef 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libnpmexec",
-  "version": "6.0.2",
+  "version": "6.0.3",
   "files": [
     "bin/",
     "lib/"