diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3a58155..184a93b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
 # PGPainless Changelog
 
-## 1.6.9-SNAPSHOT
+## 1.6.9
 - Bump BC to `1.80`
   - introduce dependency on `bcutil-jdk18on`
   - remove support for generating elliptic curve keys over curve `secp256k1`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3a14377..15e0ca4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-	implementation 'org.pgpainless:pgpainless-core:1.6.8'
+	implementation 'org.pgpainless:pgpainless-core:1.6.9'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/pgpainless-sop/README.md b/pgpainless-sop/README.md
index ba87853f..9b5841b4 100644
--- a/pgpainless-sop/README.md
+++ b/pgpainless-sop/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ To start using pgpainless-sop in your code, include the following lines in your
 ...
 dependencies {
     ...
-    implementation "org.pgpainless:pgpainless-sop:1.6.8"
+    implementation "org.pgpainless:pgpainless-sop:1.6.9"
     ...
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.pgpainless</groupId>
         <artifactId>pgpainless-sop</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.8</version>
+        <version>1.6.9</version>
     </dependency>
     ...
 </dependencies>
diff --git a/version.gradle b/version.gradle
index 2bc838a2..7065fe3c 100644
--- a/version.gradle
+++ b/version.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 allprojects {
     ext {
         shortVersion = '1.6.9'
-        isSnapshot = true
+        isSnapshot = false
         pgpainlessMinAndroidSdk = 10
         javaSourceCompatibility = 1.8
         bouncyCastleVersion = '1.80'