diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index bb19753213..9f0ee60273 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.68.0.dev
+current_version = 3.69.0.dev
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 73f0df798b..3546645658 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-389-g444ab6c
+unknown
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
index a7b3b57854..8f7207a518 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: "pulpcore"
-          ref: "3.67"
+          ref: "3.68"
 
       - name: "Run update"
         working-directory: "pulpcore"
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ jobs:
           path: "pulpcore"
           committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
           author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
-          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.67"
-          branch: "update-ci/3.67"
-          base: "3.67"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.68"
+          branch: "update-ci/3.68"
+          base: "3.68"
           delete-branch: true
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGES/5941.bugfix b/CHANGES/5941.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 59b67b456e..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/5941.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed incorrect count of waiting tasks in the queue for the `tasks_unblocked_queue` and `tasks_longest_unblocked_time` metrics.
diff --git a/CHANGES/5967.bugfix b/CHANGES/5967.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index ebc7f81bc8..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/5967.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-On the content-app, added ClientConnectionError (aiohttp) as an exception that can trigger
-a retry when streaming content from a Remote.
diff --git a/CHANGES/content-assert.bugfix b/CHANGES/content-assert.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index a562ce863f..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/content-assert.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed an assertion on all content being added/removed in a repository version is of the same domain.
diff --git a/CHANGES/plugin_api/cache-key.feature b/CHANGES/plugin_api/cache-key.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b92b9a960..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/plugin_api/cache-key.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Added `pulpcore.app.util.cache_key` to the plugin api.
-Use this method to get the base-key when using the Pulp cache.
diff --git a/pulp_certguard/app/__init__.py b/pulp_certguard/app/__init__.py
index fd2e774c83..b7dc5ef5f3 100644
--- a/pulp_certguard/app/__init__.py
+++ b/pulp_certguard/app/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ class PulpCertGuardPluginAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
 
     name = "pulp_certguard.app"
     label = "certguard"
-    version = "3.68.0.dev"
+    version = "3.69.0.dev"
     python_package_name = "pulpcore"
     domain_compatible = True
diff --git a/pulp_file/app/__init__.py b/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
index 7f4a63551f..d03685c1d2 100644
--- a/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
+++ b/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ class PulpFilePluginAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
 
     name = "pulp_file.app"
     label = "file"
-    version = "3.68.0.dev"
+    version = "3.69.0.dev"
     python_package_name = "pulpcore"
     domain_compatible = True
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/apps.py b/pulpcore/app/apps.py
index 2d9f70ac61..a3f32540f4 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/apps.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/apps.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class PulpAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
     label = "core"
 
     # The version of this app
-    version = "3.68.0.dev"
+    version = "3.69.0.dev"
 
     # The python package name providing this app
     python_package_name = "pulpcore"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87be108814..775b09879a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pulpcore",
-    version="3.68.0.dev",
+    version="3.69.0.dev",
     description="Pulp Django Application and Related Modules",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/template_config.yml b/template_config.yml
index 12e1ee23f9..d435334684 100644
--- a/template_config.yml
+++ b/template_config.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ flake8: true
 flake8_ignore:
 - ./pulpcore/app/protobuf/*
 github_org: pulp
-latest_release_branch: '3.67'
+latest_release_branch: '3.68'
 lint_requirements: true
 os_required_packages: []
 parallel_test_workers: 8