diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 278a6498..56468335 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+6.8.1 (2024-10-28)
+------------------
 
 * Raise any errors from threads in the ``whitenoise.compress`` command.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 26b02a2c..3a4cd1ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = "whitenoise"
-version = "6.8.0"
+version = "6.8.1"
 description = "Radically simplified static file serving for WSGI applications"
 readme = "README.rst"
 keywords = [