diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e7d44a..b664e5f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 endif()
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
-set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "68")
+set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "69")
 set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
 else()
 add_library(poppler ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif()
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 79.0.0 SOVERSION 79)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 80.0.0 SOVERSION 80)
 if(MINGW)
     get_target_property(POPPLER_SOVERSION poppler SOVERSION)
     set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES SUFFIX "-${POPPLER_SOVERSION}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 485f89e..e38866e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+Release 0.69.0
+        core:
+         * Add annotation font color
+         * Splash: Some speed improvements
+         * PSOutputDev: add native support for type 7 shadings when using level 3
+         * Add support for PDF subtype property
+         * Link: Fix memory leak regarding next actions
+         * Fix handling of Signature Info Location and Reason
+         * Fix errors in computation of type3 glyphs transformation matrix
+         * Reimplement Dict class in a more modern way
+         * Fix security issues found by oss-fuzz
+         * Fix memory issues in GfxImageColorMap copy ctor
+         * Don't abort if the SampleFunction has too many samples. Issue #634
+         * Document the OutputDev::clip and OutputDev::oeClip methods
+         * fix macOS compilation due to boolean define in jpeglib
+         * Split GDir and GDirEntry out of gfile.h. Issue #370
+
+        qt5:
+         * Add annotation font color
+
+        cpp:
+
+        utils:
+         * pdfinfo: Show PDF subtype
+         * pdftotext: Fix only outputs first page content with -bbox-layout option. Issue #88
+         * pdftotext: Fix memory leak in printLine
+
+
+        build system:
+         * Require C++14
+
 Release 0.68.0
         core:
          * Add Reason and Location to SignatureInfo. Bug #107299
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index c5e6c70..0e03542 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         = 0.68.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.69.0
 
 # 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/CMakeLists.txt b/qt5/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 38bb6b1..20bb13a 100644
--- a/qt5/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qt5/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   ArthurOutputDev.cc
 )
 add_library(poppler-qt5 ${poppler_qt5_SRCS})
-set_target_properties(poppler-qt5 PROPERTIES VERSION 1.15.0 SOVERSION 1)
+set_target_properties(poppler-qt5 PROPERTIES VERSION 1.16.0 SOVERSION 1)
 if(MINGW)
     get_target_property(POPPLER_QT5_SOVERSION poppler-qt5 SOVERSION)
     set_target_properties(poppler-qt5 PROPERTIES SUFFIX "-${POPPLER_QT5_SOVERSION}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/qt5/src/Doxyfile b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
index 4997ad4..af1c7eb 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         = 0.68.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.69.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.