diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 42bc7e250e..2ec6ee54df 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.68.0"
+  ".": "1.68.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6e1f525954..a6cbbfe1d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openai"
-version = "1.68.0"
+version = "1.68.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openai/_version.py b/src/openai/_version.py
index 23e4e7ffb7..1f00359eb1 100644
--- a/src/openai/_version.py
+++ b/src/openai/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "openai"
-__version__ = "1.68.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.68.1"  # x-release-please-version