diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index f776e32407cba7fb5c2d526ca6b2ecf5609be7aa..bf11781bf5f8b83dda3e34f71b4173792d40dc66 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actual-app/api",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.8.1",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "An API for Actual",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/2853.md b/upcoming-release-notes/2853.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..572a5ecc491a8741f7143893619b1304f896c86f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/2853.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [MatissJanis]
+---
+
+api: release 6.8.1