diff --git a/.freeipmi.metadata b/.freeipmi.metadata
index 19982b6..0291a58 100644
--- a/.freeipmi.metadata
+++ b/.freeipmi.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-80b4bfc628cf27d5681ba29bc02e11e7835214d5 SOURCES/freeipmi-1.6.6.tar.gz
+d29c790fdc48be0970b875c06ccd2fbed2607be6 SOURCES/freeipmi-1.6.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 449bda1..b075993 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/freeipmi-1.6.6.tar.gz
+SOURCES/freeipmi-1.6.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/freeipmi.spec b/SPECS/freeipmi.spec
index 10f7662..7ff3fe8 100644
--- a/SPECS/freeipmi.spec
+++ b/SPECS/freeipmi.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2003 FreeIPMI Core Team
 
 Name:             freeipmi
-Version:          1.6.6
+Version:          1.6.8
 Release:          1%{?dist}
 Summary:          IPMI remote console and system management software
 License:          GPLv3+
@@ -353,6 +353,9 @@ fi
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/cache/ipmiseld
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 28 2021 Pavel Cahyna <pcahyna@redhat.com> - 1.6.8-1
+- New upstream release 1.6.8 (#1923042)
+
 * Wed Nov 18 2020 Josef Ridky <jridky@redhat.com> - 1.6.6-1
 - New upstream release 1.6.6 (#1861627)