diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 30dabf1c28..019c055c04 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.6 Change Log
 
-OpenLDAP 2.6.8 Engineering
+OpenLDAP 2.6.8 Release (2024/05/21)
 	Fixed libldap exit handling with OpenSSL3 again (ITS#9952)
 	Fixed libldap OpenSSL channel binding digest (ITS#10216)
 	Fixed slapd handling of large uid/gids peercred auth (ITS#10211)
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index baa176fdc7..0ec402df69 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=6
-ol_patch=X
-ol_api_inc=20607
+ol_patch=8
+ol_api_inc=20608
 ol_api_current=2
 ol_api_revision=200
 ol_api_age=0
-ol_release_date="2024/01/29"
+ol_release_date="2024/05/21"