diff --git a/apps/arweave/include/ar.hrl b/apps/arweave/include/ar.hrl
index 4e66a7ff3..d9ea9f9dc 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/include/ar.hrl
+++ b/apps/arweave/include/ar.hrl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 -define(CLIENT_VERSION, 5).
 
 %% The current build number -- incremented for every release.
--define(RELEASE_NUMBER, 63).
+-define(RELEASE_NUMBER, 64).
 
 -define(DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS,
 	[
diff --git a/apps/arweave/src/arweave.app.src b/apps/arweave/src/arweave.app.src
index e64a04065..1ebc3c784 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/src/arweave.app.src
+++ b/apps/arweave/src/arweave.app.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {application, arweave, [
 	{description, "Arweave"},
-	{vsn, "2.6.8"},
+	{vsn, "2.6.9"},
 	{mod, {ar, []}},
 	{applications, [
 		kernel,
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index bbdefe646..c66693d99 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ]}.
 
 {relx, [
-	{release, {arweave, "2.6.8"}, [
+	{release, {arweave, "2.6.9"}, [
 		{arweave, load},
 		ar_sqlite3,
 		b64fast,