From 646c7ab30d2890c1b27c9b6444156bb1104a372e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: squidfunk <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:27:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare 9.6.9 release

---
 CHANGELOG                    | 6 ++++++
 docs/changelog/index.md      | 6 ++++++
 material/__init__.py         | 2 +-
 material/templates/base.html | 2 +-
 package-lock.json            | 4 ++--
 package.json                 | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 2bf7ba7d4..96674cc39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+mkdocs-material-9.6.9 (2025-03-17)
+
+  * Updated Serbo-Croatian translations
+  * Fixed #8086: Custom SVG icons containing hashes break rendering
+  * Fixed #8067: Drawer has gap on right side in Firefox on some OSs
+
 mkdocs-material-9.6.8+insiders-4.53.16 (2025-03-13)
 
   * Fixed #8019: Tooltips have precedence over instant previews
diff --git a/docs/changelog/index.md b/docs/changelog/index.md
index 29e405a0d..0392fa1d7 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/index.md
+++ b/docs/changelog/index.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Material for MkDocs
 
+### 9.6.9 <small>March 17, 2025</small> { id="9.6.9" }
+
+- Updated Serbo-Croatian translations
+- Fixed #8086: Custom SVG icons containing hashes break rendering
+- Fixed #8067: Drawer has gap on right side in Firefox on some OSs
+
 ### 9.6.8 <small>March 13, 2025</small> { id="9.6.8" }
 
 - Added Welsh translations
diff --git a/material/__init__.py b/material/__init__.py
index 170cbd7d1..c75af59e0 100644
--- a/material/__init__.py
+++ b/material/__init__.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 # IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "9.6.8"
+__version__ = "9.6.9"
diff --git a/material/templates/base.html b/material/templates/base.html
index bfaa1eb84..d3e958b00 100644
--- a/material/templates/base.html
+++ b/material/templates/base.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="{{ lang.t('rss.updated') }}" href="{{ 'feed_rss_updated.xml' | url }}">
       {% endif %}
       <link rel="icon" href="{{ config.theme.favicon | url }}">
-      <meta name="generator" content="mkdocs-{{ mkdocs_version }}, mkdocs-material-9.6.8">
+      <meta name="generator" content="mkdocs-{{ mkdocs_version }}, mkdocs-material-9.6.9">
     {% endblock %}
     {% block htmltitle %}
       {% if page.meta and page.meta.title %}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b63e8fb66..7da87d000 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mkdocs-material",
-  "version": "9.6.8",
+  "version": "9.6.9",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mkdocs-material",
-      "version": "9.6.8",
+      "version": "9.6.9",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "clipboard": "^2.0.11",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c52c0d30b..9b36bcc3b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mkdocs-material",
-  "version": "9.6.8",
+  "version": "9.6.9",
   "description": "Documentation that simply works",
   "keywords": [
     "mkdocs",