diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b899a18c..c7194887 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version v6.10.0 (released 2024-12-09)
+
+names: add internal id column to the name_metadata db
+
 Version v6.9.0 (released 2024-12-09)
 
 - schema: added identifiers in affiliations relation
diff --git a/invenio_vocabularies/__init__.py b/invenio_vocabularies/__init__.py
index 27086ed3..86e7badd 100644
--- a/invenio_vocabularies/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_vocabularies/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 
 from .ext import InvenioVocabularies
 
-__version__ = "6.9.0"
+__version__ = "6.10.0"
 
 __all__ = ("__version__", "InvenioVocabularies")