diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f9a955c3c..2dc847586 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+## Release 6.8.1
+
+- Fix missing class aliases in 6.8.0 (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1114)
+- Backported fix #1066 (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1109)
+
+## Release 6.8.0
+
+- Added XPack endpoints
+- Added X-Opaque-Id header (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/952)
+- Added X-Elastic-Client-Meta header (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1089)
+- Added the license header (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/commit/0ff5fb98745a511118df5b1a68ca54d892b08ee3)
+- Support of PHP 8 (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1095 and https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1063)
+- Replace `array_walk` with `array_map` in `Connection::getURI` (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1075)
+- Fix for #1064 reset custom headers (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1065)
+- Replace `guzzlehttp/ringphp` with `ezimuel/ringphp` (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1102)
+
 ## Release 6.7.2
 
 - Fix #846 choosing `GET` and `POST` in endpoints based on body [[acbc76d0]](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/commit/acbc76d0)
diff --git a/src/Elasticsearch/Client.php b/src/Elasticsearch/Client.php
index 7b01d3c93..d6f6a08f1 100644
--- a/src/Elasticsearch/Client.php
+++ b/src/Elasticsearch/Client.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  */
 class Client
 {
-    const VERSION = '6.8.0';
+    const VERSION = '6.8.1';
 
     /**
      * @var Transport