diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
index ce7805bc2e..3fd2e1e7d8 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-project(lammps-gui VERSION 1.6.7 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(lammps-gui VERSION 1.6.8 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammps-gui.appdata.xml b/tools/lammps-gui/lammps-gui.appdata.xml
index 1ceac968b1..32028f9ee1 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/lammps-gui.appdata.xml
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammps-gui.appdata.xml
@@ -54,9 +54,13 @@
   </provides>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="1.6.8" timestamp="1723581926">
+      <description>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.6.7" timestamp="1723394796">
       <description>
-        Add wizards for setting up LAMMPS tutorials
+        Add wizards for setting up LAMMPS tutorials and restart file inspector
       </description>
     </release>
     <release version="1.6.6" timestamp="1722581799">