diff --git a/config/configure b/config/configure
index d15f134e1..5b46e1b2a 100755
--- a/config/configure
+++ b/config/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for dcmtk 3.6.8.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for dcmtk 3.6.9.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bugs@dcmtk.org>.
 #
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='dcmtk'
-PACKAGE_TARNAME='dcmtk-3.6.8'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='3.6.8'
-PACKAGE_STRING='dcmtk 3.6.8'
+PACKAGE_TARNAME='dcmtk-3.6.9'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='3.6.9'
+PACKAGE_STRING='dcmtk 3.6.9'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bugs@dcmtk.org'
 PACKAGE_URL='https://www.dcmtk.org/'
 
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures dcmtk 3.6.8 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures dcmtk 3.6.9 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of dcmtk 3.6.8:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of dcmtk 3.6.9:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-dcmtk configure 3.6.8
+dcmtk configure 3.6.9
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by dcmtk $as_me 3.6.8, which was
+It was created by dcmtk $as_me 3.6.9, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -14367,7 +14367,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by dcmtk $as_me 3.6.8, which was
+This file was extended by dcmtk $as_me 3.6.9, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -14430,7 +14430,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-dcmtk config.status 3.6.8
+dcmtk config.status 3.6.9
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/config/configure.in b/config/configure.in
index 023515170..4b11cc5b6 100644
--- a/config/configure.in
+++ b/config/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(dcmtk, 3.6.8, [bugs@dcmtk.org], [dcmtk-3.6.8], [https://www.dcmtk.org/])
+AC_INIT(dcmtk, 3.6.9, [bugs@dcmtk.org], [dcmtk-3.6.9], [https://www.dcmtk.org/])
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(Makefile.in)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(include/dcmtk/config/osconfig.h)