diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index d3237797..2c0b3745 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 == 0.6.8 / 2010-11-03
 
 * Additional improvements from latest forks added
+
 == 0.6.9 / 2010-11-04
 
 * Exchange#publish raises error if no connection to broker
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fae59cac..1a5ac0d4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.8
+0.6.9
diff --git a/lib/VERSION b/lib/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a5ac0d4..00000000
--- a/lib/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.6.9
diff --git a/lib/amqp/version.rb b/lib/amqp/version.rb
index 35afb527..9dc1819a 100644
--- a/lib/amqp/version.rb
+++ b/lib/amqp/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'pathname'
 
 module AMQP
-  VERSION_FILE = Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname + '../VERSION'   # :nodoc:
+  VERSION_FILE = Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname + '../../VERSION'   # :nodoc:
   VERSION = VERSION_FILE.exist? ? VERSION_FILE.read.strip : '0.6.8'
 end