diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 8cec50a..82768be 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.69
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 642604 handle empty EPREFIX, ROOT, SYSROOT, etc settings
+    - Bug 680810 ebuild.sh: suppress export error messages for eix-update
+    - Bug 689072 default repo.conf sync-openpgp-keyserver to
+      hkps://keys.gentoo.org in order to prevent key poisoning
+    - Bug 689506 default repos.conf sync-webrsync-verify-signature
+
+
 portage-2.3.68
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b9f674d..69e90a6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.68',
+	version = '2.3.69',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',