diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 41ce9747c336e259e27b616b646f1c00ec25941d..5930101ab5fd24d81d0d18aca1d495db943da1e1 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
-## [1.7] - 2024-04-03
+## [1.9] - 2024-04-22
+- GAP Ansible collection version is pinned to 1.0.68
+## [1.8] - 2024-04-03
 - GAP Ansible collection version is pinned to 1.0.59
 ## [1.7] - 2024-03-28
 - GAP Ansible collection version is pinned to 1.0.58
diff --git a/ansible-galaxy-requirements.yaml b/ansible-galaxy-requirements.yaml
index a4597827aabe6007f1f878abe701b818005e6e78..4900e8fc7a183031c520a34023d2942912502ffe 100644
--- a/ansible-galaxy-requirements.yaml
+++ b/ansible-galaxy-requirements.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ collections:
   - juniper.device
   - junipernetworks.junos
   - name: geant.gap_ansible
-    version: 1.0.59
+    version: 1.0.68
 roles:
   - Juniper.junos
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 57bc025cc20ec6ec43a63774d21ff0d120cc2309..22d6e42ef68a6ad7636a13a21c211e2dfd5009ee 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="goat-lso",
-    version="1.8",
+    version="1.9",
     author="GÉANT Orchestration & Automation Team",
     author_email="goat@geant.org",
     description="Lightweight Service Orchestrator",