diff --git a/API_changes.rst b/API_changes.rst
index de3850124..102bc3805 100644
--- a/API_changes.rst
+++ b/API_changes.rst
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ API changes
 Versions (X.Y.Z) where Z > 0 e.g. 3.0.1 do NOT have API changes!
 
 
-API changes 3.7.0
------------------
-- class method generate_ssl() added to TLS client (sync/async).
-
-
 API changes 3.6.0
 -----------------
 - framer= is an enum: pymodbus.Framer, but still accept a framer class
diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 713a481dc..6d015f1e9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Thanks to
 - Alois Hockenschlohe
 - Arjan
 - André Srinivasan
+- andrew-harness
 - banana-sun
 - Blaise Thompson
 - CapraTheBest
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ Thanks to
 - Jakob Ruhe
 - Jakob Schlyter
 - James Braza
+- James Cameron
 - James Hilliard
 - jan iversen
 - Jerome Velociter
@@ -63,13 +65,16 @@ Thanks to
 - Pavel Kostromitinov
 - peufeu2
 - Philip Couling
+- Qi Li
 - Sebastian Machuca
 - Sefa Keleş
 - Steffen Beyer
+- sumguytho
 - Thijs W
 - Totally a booplicate
 - WouterTuinstra
 - wriswith
+- Yohrog
 - yyokusa
 
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f5a45789c..c03f03261 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,39 @@ helps make pymodbus a better product.
 
 :ref:`Authors`: contains a complete list of volunteers have contributed to each major version.
 
+
+Version 3.6.9
+-------------
+* Log comm retries. (#2220)
+* Solve serial unrequested frame. (#2219)
+* test convert registers with 1234.... (#2217)
+* Fix writing to serial (rs485) on windows os. (#2191)
+* Remember to remove serial writer. (#2209)
+* Update client.rst (#2199)
+* Fix usage file names (#2194)
+* Show error if example is run without support files. (#2189)
+* Solve pylint error.
+* Describe zero_mode in ModbusSlaveContext.__init__ (#2187)
+* Datastore will not return ExceptionResponse. (#2175)
+* call async datastore from modbus server (#2144)
+* Transaction id overrun.
+* Add minimal devcontainer. (#2172)
+* Sphinx: do not turn warnings into errors.
+* Fix usage of AsyncModbusTcpClient in client docs page (#2169)
+* Bump actions CI. (#2166)
+* Request/Response: change execute to be async method (#2142)
+* datastore: add async_setValues/getValues methods (#2165)
+* fixed kwargs not being expanded for actions on bit registers, adjusted tests to catch this issue (#2161)
+* Clean datastore setValues. (#2145)
+* modbus_server: call execute in a way that those can be either coroutines or normal methods (#2139)
+* Streamline message class. (#2133)
+* Fix decode for wrong mdap len.
+* SOCKET/TLS framer using message decode(). (#2129)
+* ASCII framer using message decode() (#2128)
+* Add generate_ssl() to TLS client as helper. (#2120)
+* add _legacy_decoder to message rtu (#2119)
+
+
 Version 3.6.8
 -------------
 * Allow socket exception response with wrong length
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 05ce528b7..6b3792cba 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PyModbus - A Python Modbus Stack
 
 Pymodbus is a full Modbus protocol implementation offering client/server with synchronous/asynchronous API a well as simulators.
 
-Current release is `3.6.8 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v3.6.8>`_.
+Current release is `3.6.9 <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/releases/tag/v3.6.9>`_.
 
 Bleeding edge (not released) is `dev <https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/pymodbus/tree/dev>`_.
 
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diff --git a/pymodbus/__init__.py b/pymodbus/__init__.py
index 967c2eda5..9500ad306 100644
--- a/pymodbus/__init__.py
+++ b/pymodbus/__init__.py
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 from pymodbus.pdu import ExceptionResponse
 
 
-__version__ = "3.6.8"
+__version__ = "3.6.9"
 __version_full__ = f"[pymodbus, version {__version__}]"
diff --git a/v3.6.9..dev b/v3.6.9..dev
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..befbfe6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3.6.9..dev
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+V3.7.0 (NOT INCLUDED in 3.6.7-8-9)
+14ec87e3 Solve serial unrequested frame. (#2219)
+5bddf9e8 Update third party versions. (#2216)
+45c5116e Transaction_id for serial == 0. (#2208)
+c91b2182 Sync TLS needs time before reading frame (#2186)
+a48aeeb4 Update transaction.py (#2174)
+e9c187e9 Merge 3.6.8 effects.
+681fd2c8 Merge master v3.6.8 into dev
+8a836b20 PDU classes --> pymodbus/pdu. (#2160)
+e8063fa5 Merge 3.6.7 back into dev. (#2156)
+a6b43dd7 Speed up no data detection. (#2150)
+c4c14cab RTU decode hunt part. (#2138)
+9e9e50e2 Dislodge client classes from modbusProtocol. (#2137)
+9f736dfe Merge new message layer and old framer directory. (#2135)
+331dc636 Coverage == 91%. (#2132)
+86d5afe2 Remove binary_framer. (#2130)
+0803ff70 on_reconnect_callback --> on_connect_callback. (#2122)
+2c36fd3f Remove certfile,keyfile,password from TLS client. (#2121)
+58a1c37d Drop support for python 3.8 (#2112)