diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7fd01626..b578a2ac 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.8.0"
+  ".": "6.8.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index bfd7ccd9..e9917b6e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.8.1](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/compare/v6.8.0...v6.8.1) (2025-03-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **NODE-6829:** incorrect negative bigint handling ([#774](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/issues/774)) ([1bf4665](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/commit/1bf4665e40643857dec6f2c0a14fa1677aaa166f))
+
 ## [6.8.0](https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/compare/v6.7.0...v6.8.0) (2024-06-27)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b22fcdf9..301e928e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "bson",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.8.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "bson",
-      "version": "6.8.0",
+      "version": "6.8.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@istanbuljs/nyc-config-typescript": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80ce4ee2..5447de34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "vendor"
   ],
   "types": "bson.d.ts",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.8.1",
   "author": {
     "name": "The MongoDB NodeJS Team",
     "email": "dbx-node@mongodb.com"