diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 02c790ff..a9f55eac 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.68
+0.9.69
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1696cf07..6f86b27b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## PVC Changelog
 
+###### [v0.9.69](https://github.com/parallelvirtualcluster/pvc/releases/tag/v0.9.69)
+
+  * [Node Daemon] Ensures that system load is always 2 decimal places on Bookworm
+  * [Node Daemon] Fixes bug blocking primary takeover at DNS Aggregator start if Patroni is down
+
 ###### [v0.9.68](https://github.com/parallelvirtualcluster/pvc/releases/tag/v0.9.68)
 
   * [CLI] Fixes another bug with network info view
diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
index 5e754c48..0869daaa 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from ssl import SSLContext, TLSVersion
 from distutils.util import strtobool as dustrtobool
 
 # Daemon version
-version = "0.9.68"
+version = "0.9.69"
 
 # API version
 API_VERSION = 1.0
diff --git a/client-cli/setup.py b/client-cli/setup.py
index 5ef162d9..3b4feb88 100644
--- a/client-cli/setup.py
+++ b/client-cli/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="pvc",
-    version="0.9.68",
+    version="0.9.69",
     packages=["pvc.cli", "pvc.lib"],
     install_requires=[
         "Click",
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index abc00bd5..a4f99248 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pvc (0.9.69-0) unstable; urgency=high
+
+  * [Node Daemon] Ensures that system load is always 2 decimal places on Bookworm
+  * [Node Daemon] Fixes bug blocking primary takeover at DNS Aggregator start if Patroni is down
+
+ -- Joshua M. Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>  Tue, 29 Aug 2023 22:01:22 -0400
+
 pvc (0.9.68-0) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * [CLI] Fixes another bug with network info view
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
index a6b883d4..14217bab 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import re
 import json
 
 # Daemon version
-version = "0.9.68"
+version = "0.9.69"
 
 
 ##########################################################