diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 44037f5a8be95..08869348383d9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.6.7",
+  ".": "9.6.8",
   "workspaces/arborist": "6.2.9",
   "workspaces/libnpmaccess": "7.0.2",
   "workspaces/libnpmdiff": "5.0.17",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92c17b7cb5b67..bc42dd3f12278 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [9.6.8](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v9.6.7...v9.6.8) (2023-05-22)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* [`37cc797`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/37cc797341100cd0a8371e80b25b938f166c9d71) [#6418](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6418) retrieve registry keys via TUF (#6418) (@bdehamer)
+
+### Documentation
+
+* [`0400ce3`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/0400ce3c9d7af792c9931f1ba365e25b899833b6) [#6481](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6481) add cli params to `npm set`, `npm get` (#6481) (@m4rch3n1ng)
+* [`c3638ce`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/c3638ce613364aff50fedb493a97f1ee60211158) [#6468](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6468) remove `package-lock` option for `npm ci` (#6468) (@m4rch3n1ng)
+
 ## [9.6.7](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v9.6.6...v9.6.7) (2023-05-17)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8b988fa9892ab..e04240333bf5a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npm",
-  "version": "9.6.7",
+  "version": "9.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb9d2537a87df..310dc07c299fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "9.6.7",
+  "version": "9.6.8",
   "name": "npm",
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
   "workspaces": [