diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bb1b7e93..acc6f72b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ignore = [
 max-complexity = 14
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "6.7.0"
+current_version = "6.8.0"
 search = "{current_version}"
 replace = "{new_version}"
 regex = false
diff --git a/rio_tiler/__init__.py b/rio_tiler/__init__.py
index 6737f87f..97025cb9 100644
--- a/rio_tiler/__init__.py
+++ b/rio_tiler/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """rio-tiler."""
 
-__version__ = "6.7.0"
+__version__ = "6.8.0"
 
 from . import (  # noqa
     colormap,