diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9577d866d..eea2e4f92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## 0.6.9 (unreleased)
+## 0.6.9 (19.11.2024)
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 1a037f90b..be95c7871 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # YAML 1.2
 ---
 title: weldx
-version: 0.6.8
-date-released: 2024-07-06
+version: 0.6.9
+date-released: 2024-11-19
 authors:
   - affiliation: "Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)"
     email: cagtay.fabry@bam.de
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ authors:
     family-names: Pittner
     given-names: Andreas
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5019-7775"
+  - affiliation: "Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)"
+    email: michael.winkler@bam.de
+    family-names: Winkler
+    given-names: Michael
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3719-4817"
 message: "If you use this software in your work, please cite it using the following metadata."
 repository-code: "https://github.com/BAMWelDX/weldx"
 keywords:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bb4dff8a3..8ab3f5a7e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ authors = [
   { name = "Çağtay Fabry", email = "cagtay.fabry@bam.de" },
   { name = "Volker Hirthammer", email = "volker.hirthammer@bam.de" },
   { name = "Martin K. Scherer", email = "martin.scherer@bam.de" },
+  { name = "Michael Winkler", email = "michael.winkler@bam.de" },
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
 classifiers = [