diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b814c62..cf3a542 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 endif()
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
-set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "67")
+set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "68")
 set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
 else()
 add_library(poppler ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif()
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 78.0.0 SOVERSION 78)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 79.0.0 SOVERSION 79)
 if(MINGW)
     get_target_property(POPPLER_SOVERSION poppler SOVERSION)
     set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES SUFFIX "-${POPPLER_SOVERSION}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8df7836..485f89e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+Release 0.68.0
+        core:
+         * Add Reason and Location to SignatureInfo. Bug #107299
+         * Fix memory misuse on signature handling
+         * Fix security issues found by oss-fuzz
+         * Don't give a warning when Marked value is false. Bug #107430
+
+        qt5:
+         * Add Reason and Location to SignatureInfo. Bug #107299
+
+        cpp:
+         * Add rotation() to text_box. Bug #106562
+         * Fix build with MSVC
+
+        utils:
+         * pdftoppm: Add -jpegopt optimize option support
+         * pdftocairo: Add -jpegopt optimize option support
+         * pdftohtml: Add option to not round coordinates
+         * pdftohtml: Fix possible crash. Bug #107316
+
+        build system:
+         * Use OpenJpeg cmake config file instead of pkgconfig
+         * Remove wchar_t- on MSVC
+
+
 Release 0.67.0
         core:
          * Fix lots of security/leak issues found by oss-fuzz
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index ba372f6..c5e6c70 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.67.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.68.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt5/src/Doxyfile b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
index 7401041..4997ad4 100644
--- a/qt5/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.67.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.68.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.