diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d5de4f23..63e848cad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.169.0 - 2024-10-15
+
+- feat: report reason for recording start (#1452)
+- chore: improve exception autocapture (#1466)
+
 ## 1.168.0 - 2024-10-15
 
 - fix(errors): Better define schema, align with python (#1460)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f705c77d..8b77ff566 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "posthog-js",
-    "version": "1.168.0",
+    "version": "1.169.0",
     "description": "Posthog-js allows you to automatically capture usage and send events to PostHog.",
     "repository": "https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-js",
     "author": "hey@posthog.com",