diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/version.rb b/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/version.rb
index 5db817f21c..4f3515991e 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/version.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Elasticsearch
   module API
-    VERSION = "6.3.1"
+    VERSION = "6.8.0"
   end
 end
diff --git a/elasticsearch-transport/lib/elasticsearch/transport/version.rb b/elasticsearch-transport/lib/elasticsearch/transport/version.rb
index 72207bc5d8..f12b4480e6 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-transport/lib/elasticsearch/transport/version.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-transport/lib/elasticsearch/transport/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Elasticsearch
   module Transport
-    VERSION = "6.3.1"
+    VERSION = "6.8.0"
   end
 end
diff --git a/elasticsearch-xpack/lib/elasticsearch/xpack/version.rb b/elasticsearch-xpack/lib/elasticsearch/xpack/version.rb
index 05a6bad800..728db2b003 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-xpack/lib/elasticsearch/xpack/version.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-xpack/lib/elasticsearch/xpack/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Elasticsearch
   module XPack
-    VERSION = "6.3.1"
+    VERSION = "6.8.0"
   end
 end
diff --git a/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.gemspec b/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.gemspec
index 6468906ca4..ed73b3a1b8 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.gemspec
+++ b/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.gemspec
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9'
 
-  s.add_dependency "elasticsearch-transport", '6.3.1'
-  s.add_dependency "elasticsearch-api",       '6.3.1'
+  s.add_dependency "elasticsearch-transport", '6.8.0'
+  s.add_dependency "elasticsearch-api",       '6.8.0'
 
   s.add_development_dependency "bundler"
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch/version.rb b/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch/version.rb
index a35b5bde38..775e31eac6 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch/version.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Elasticsearch
-  VERSION = "6.3.1"
+  VERSION = "6.8.0"
 end