diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 2a350b0c8b..254e507cce 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "title": "MAgPIE - An Open Source land-use modeling framework",
-  "version": "4.6.8dev",
+  "version": "4.6.9",
   "creators": [
     {
       "name": "Dietrich, Jan Philipp",
@@ -109,5 +109,5 @@
   "license": {
     "id": "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
   },
-  "publication_date": "2023-07-17"
+  "publication_date": "2023-07-27"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6069243ba3..1550497d58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,16 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 
-## [Unreleased]
-
-### changed
--
-
-### added
--
-
-### removed
--
+## [4.6.9] - 2023-07-27
 
 ### fixed
 - **70_livestock** consideration of milk demand in the calculation of the pasture management factor
@@ -49,6 +40,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - **config** corrected wrong names of parameters for peatland costs
 - **config** updated scenario configs to newest preprocessing (4.87)
 
+
 ## [4.6.7] - 2023-05-10
 
 ### changed
@@ -745,7 +737,8 @@ This release version is focussed on consistency between the MAgPIE setup and the
 First open source release of the framework. See [MAgPIE 4.0 paper](https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1299-2019) for more information.
 
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/magpiemodel/magpie/compare/v4.6.8...develop
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/magpiemodel/magpie/compare/v4.6.9...develop
+[4.6.9]: https://github.com/magpiemodel/magpie/compare/v4.6.8...v4.6.9
 [4.6.8]: https://github.com/magpiemodel/magpie/compare/v4.6.7...v4.6.8
 [4.6.7]: https://github.com/magpiemodel/magpie/compare/v4.6.6...v4.6.7
 [4.6.6]: https://github.com/magpiemodel/magpie/compare/v4.6.5...v4.6.6
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 5f85de2e0d..843aea845c 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ authors:
     email: popp@pik-potsdam.de
 
 title: MAgPIE - An Open Source land-use modeling framework
-version: 4.6.8dev
-date-released: 2023-07-17
+version: 4.6.9
+date-released: 2023-07-27
 repository-code: https://github.com/magpiemodel/magpie
 keywords:
   - landuse
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f15852147..9a13bf8260 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ https://www.pik-potsdam.de/research/projects/activities/land-use-modelling/magpi
 A framework description paper has been published in
 Geoscientific Model Development (GMD): https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1299-2019
 
-The model documentation for version 4.6.8 can be found at
-https://rse.pik-potsdam.de/doc/magpie/4.6.8/
+The model documentation for version 4.6.9 can be found at
+https://rse.pik-potsdam.de/doc/magpie/4.6.9/
 
 A most recent version of the documentation can also be extracted from the
 model source code via the R package goxygen
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ magpie@pik-potsdam.de
 Please contact magpie@pik-potsdam.de
 
 ## CITATION
-See file CITATION.cff or the [How-to-Cite section](https://rse.pik-potsdam.de/doc/magpie/4.6.8/#how-to-cite) in the model documentation for information how to cite the model.
+See file CITATION.cff or the [How-to-Cite section](https://rse.pik-potsdam.de/doc/magpie/4.6.9/#how-to-cite) in the model documentation for information how to cite the model.
 
 ## AUTHORS
 See list of authors in CITATION.cff