diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28039b1e0..d4765af54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 <!--next-version-placeholder-->
 
+## v0.6.9 (2023-10-31)
+
+### Other
+
+* <bot> update dependencies*.log files(s) ([`7185334`](https://github.com/WIPACrepo/SkyDriver/commit/718533494d99042a9aa193110f29df661e31324c))
+* Cluster-Watching: add basic status aggregation and timely exit ([`934c671`](https://github.com/WIPACrepo/SkyDriver/commit/934c671e1fb4e00fb66ad07b1e51e253f3dea129))
+
 ## v0.6.8 (2023-10-31)
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/clientmanager/__init__.py b/clientmanager/__init__.py
index 8352ac258..16c34a804 100644
--- a/clientmanager/__init__.py
+++ b/clientmanager/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # is zero for an official release, positive for a development branch,
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
-__version__ = "0.6.8"
+__version__ = "0.6.9"
 version_info = (
     int(__version__.split(".")[0]),
     int(__version__.split(".")[1]),
diff --git a/skydriver/__init__.py b/skydriver/__init__.py
index 8352ac258..16c34a804 100644
--- a/skydriver/__init__.py
+++ b/skydriver/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # is zero for an official release, positive for a development branch,
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
-__version__ = "0.6.8"
+__version__ = "0.6.9"
 version_info = (
     int(__version__.split(".")[0]),
     int(__version__.split(".")[1]),