diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 083d1e264..43c893f3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# [6.8.1] / 2020-08-13
+
 # [6.8.0] / 2020-08-06
 
 # [6.7.0] / 2020-07-23
@@ -909,3 +911,4 @@ Bugfixes:
 [6.6.2]: https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder/compare/v6.6.1...v6.6.2
 [6.7.0]: https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder/compare/v6.6.2...v6.7.0
 [6.8.0]: https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder/compare/v6.7.0...v6.8.0
+[6.8.1]: https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder/compare/v6.8.0...v6.8.1
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e029aa99b..5f6c0863a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.8.0
+6.8.1