diff --git a/CHANGELOG-6.x.md b/CHANGELOG-6.x.md
index 8ec4a08e9afe..078fe3776c23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-6.x.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-6.x.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Release Notes for 6.x
 
-## [Unreleased](https://github.com/laravel/framework/compare/v6.20.7...6.x)
+## [Unreleased](https://github.com/laravel/framework/compare/v6.20.8...6.x)
+
+
+## [v6.20.8 (2020-12-22)](https://github.com/laravel/framework/compare/v6.20.7...v6.20.8)
+
+### Fixed
+- Fixed `Illuminate\Validation\Concerns\ValidatesAttributes::validateJson()` for PHP8 ([#35646](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/35646))
+- Catch DecryptException with invalid X-XSRF-TOKEN in `Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken` ([#35671](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/35671))
 
 
 ## [v6.20.7 (2020-12-08)](https://github.com/laravel/framework/compare/v6.20.6...v6.20.7)
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/DetectsLostConnections.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/DetectsLostConnections.php
index 36b46099983f..6ba3c4939faa 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/DetectsLostConnections.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/DetectsLostConnections.php
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ protected function causedByLostConnection(Throwable $e)
             'The connection is broken and recovery is not possible. The connection is marked by the client driver as unrecoverable. No attempt was made to restore the connection.',
             'SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Try again',
             'SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 7 SSL SYSCALL error: EOF detected',
+            'SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection timed out',
+            'SSL: Connection timed out',
+            'SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1105 The last transaction was aborted due to Seamless Scaling. Please retry.',
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
index 82860b6f7eb7..140615a3ce68 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Application extends Container implements ApplicationContract, HttpKernelIn
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.20.8';
+    const VERSION = '6.20.9';
 
     /**
      * The base path for the Laravel installation.