diff --git a/.apiversion b/.apiversion
index 341291e5..21afad37 100644
--- a/.apiversion
+++ b/.apiversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.7
+6.8
diff --git a/CHANGES/1275.misc.rst b/CHANGES/1275.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..581fe321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1275.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added support for `Bot API 6.8 <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#august-18-2023>`_
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7c66c6e2..8975139c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Features
 - Asynchronous (`asyncio docs <https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html>`_, :pep:`492`)
 - Has type hints (:pep:`484`) and can be used with `mypy <http://mypy-lang.org/>`_
 - Supports `PyPy <https://www.pypy.org/>`_
-- Supports `Telegram Bot API 6.7 <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api>`_ and gets fast updates to the latest versions of the Bot API
+- Supports `Telegram Bot API 6.8 <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api>`_ and gets fast updates to the latest versions of the Bot API
 - Telegram Bot API integration code was `autogenerated <https://github.com/aiogram/tg-codegen>`_ and can be easily re-generated when API gets updated
 - Updates router (Blueprints)
 - Has Finite State Machine
diff --git a/aiogram/__meta__.py b/aiogram/__meta__.py
index 97342ec3..24e07b53 100644
--- a/aiogram/__meta__.py
+++ b/aiogram/__meta__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 __version__ = "3.0.0rc2"
-__api_version__ = "6.7"
+__api_version__ = "6.8"