diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 04fbe13..90b2ce7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 2.6.8
+Monday, June 22, 2020
+====================================
+- New API to fetch glyph alternates from GSUB table.
+- hb-coretext build fix for macOS < 10.10.
+- Meson build fixes, cmake port removal is postponed but please prepare for
+  it and give us feedback.
+  Autotools is still our main build system however please consider
+  experimenting with meson also for packaging the library.
+- New API:
++hb_ot_layout_lookup_get_glyph_alternates()
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 2.6.7
 Wednesday, June 3, 2020
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d8ad0ba..df51f6f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [2.6.7],
+        [2.6.8],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b827297..cd573a6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('harfbuzz', 'c', 'cpp',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   default_options: ['cpp_std=c++11'],
-  version: '2.6.7')
+  version: '2.6.8')
 
 warning('Meson is not our main build system for building *nix packages yet we encourage packagers to test it and give us feedback about it.')
 
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout.cc b/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
index 703d426..9052619 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@
  *
  * Return value: total number of alternates found in the specific lookup index for the given glyph id.
  *
- * Since: REPLACEME
+ * Since: 2.6.8
  **/
 HB_EXTERN unsigned
 hb_ot_layout_lookup_get_glyph_alternates (hb_face_t      *face,
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index f3ac9b0..8903612 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 
 #define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define HB_VERSION_MINOR 6
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 7
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 8
 
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.6.7"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.6.8"
 
 #define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
 	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \