diff --git a/.github/.gitleaks.toml b/.github/.gitleaks.toml
index cec03cc5c..21a047959 100644
--- a/.github/.gitleaks.toml
+++ b/.github/.gitleaks.toml
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ secretGroup = 4
 
 [allowlist]
 description = "global allow lists"
-regexes = ['''219-09-9999''', '''078-05-1120''', '''(9[0-9]{2}|666)-\d{2}-\d{4}''', '''RPM-GPG-KEY.*''', '''.*:.*StrelkaHexDump.*''', '''.*:.*PLACEHOLDER.*''']
+regexes = ['''219-09-9999''', '''078-05-1120''', '''(9[0-9]{2}|666)-\d{2}-\d{4}''', '''RPM-GPG-KEY.*''', '''.*:.*StrelkaHexDump.*''', '''.*:.*PLACEHOLDER.*''', '''ssl_.*password''']
 paths = [
     '''gitleaks.toml''',
     '''(.*?)(jpg|gif|doc|pdf|bin|svg|socket)$''',
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d2587d896..38f621b25 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.80
+2.4.90
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 63df4eb25..656e9b3d9 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ preupgrade_changes() {
     [[ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == 2.4.50 ]] && up_to_2.4.60
     [[ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == 2.4.60 ]] && up_to_2.4.70
     [[ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == 2.4.70 ]] && up_to_2.4.80
+    [[ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == 2.4.80 ]] && up_to_2.4.90
     true
 }
 
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ postupgrade_changes() {
     [[ "$POSTVERSION"  == 2.4.50 ]] && post_to_2.4.60
     [[ "$POSTVERSION"  == 2.4.60 ]] && post_to_2.4.70
     [[ "$POSTVERSION"  == 2.4.70 ]] && post_to_2.4.80
+    [[ "$POSTVERSION"  == 2.4.80 ]] && post_to_2.4.90
     true
 }
 
@@ -482,6 +484,11 @@ post_to_2.4.80() {
   POSTVERSION=2.4.80
 }
 
+post_to_2.4.90() {
+  echo "Nothing to apply"
+  POSTVERSION=2.4.90
+}
+
 repo_sync() {
   echo "Sync the local repo."
   su socore -c '/usr/sbin/so-repo-sync' || fail "Unable to complete so-repo-sync."
@@ -650,6 +657,11 @@ up_to_2.4.80() {
   INSTALLEDVERSION=2.4.80
 }
 
+up_to_2.4.90() {
+  echo "Nothing to apply"
+  INSTALLEDVERSION=2.4.90
+}
+
 add_detection_test_pillars() {
   if [[ -n "$SOUP_INTERNAL_TESTING" ]]; then
     echo "Adding detection pillar values for automated testing"