diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2da1fd6c..6275e556 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.6.8"
+  ".": "0.6.9"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87c71985..43249b25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.6.9](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/compare/v0.6.8...v0.6.9) (2023-03-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* properly support UUID type ([b138b85](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/commit/b138b8512b972c8b8ec9c229d86ae18706c8b18e)), closes [#530](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/issues/530)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* update README toc ([42a0192](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/commit/42a0192b8f948b610303a63f1a490c4ffe1ead95))
+* update readme with link to duckdb's docs ([4fcb730](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/commit/4fcb730c9f87d2d3ebd383717fb90b329fd50708))
+
 ## [0.6.8](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/compare/v0.6.7...v0.6.8) (2023-01-08)
 
 
diff --git a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
index bc48dec0..382e2119 100644
--- a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
+++ b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from .config import apply_config, get_core_config
 from .datatypes import register_extension_types
 
-__version__ = "0.6.8"
+__version__ = "0.6.9"
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sqlalchemy.base import Connection
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 35435258..2614b306 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "duckdb_engine"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 description = "SQLAlchemy driver for duckdb"
 authors = ["Elliana <me@mause.me>"]
 license = "MIT"