diff --git a/_data/contributors.json b/_data/contributors.json
index 9e1a63e20..67a966c97 100644
--- a/_data/contributors.json
+++ b/_data/contributors.json
@@ -1524,6 +1524,20 @@
             "familyName": "Boissonnet",
             "givenName": "Tom",
             "sameAs": "https://github.com/Tom-TBT"
+        },
+        {
+            "@id": "https://www.openmicroscopy.org/contributors#rdornier",
+            "@type": "Person",
+            "affiliation": [
+                {
+                    "@type": "Organization",
+                    "name": "Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne",
+                    "url": "https://www.epfl.ch/"
+                }
+            ],
+            "familyName": "Dornier",
+            "givenName": "Rémy",
+            "sameAs": "https://github.com/Rdornier"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/_posts/2023-07-25-omero-5-6-8.md b/_posts/2023-07-25-omero-5-6-8.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..095344342
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+++ b/_posts/2023-07-25-omero-5-6-8.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: Release of OMERO.server 5.6.8
+intro-blurb: The OME team is pleased to announce the release of OMERO.server 5.6.8
+---
+
+Today we are releasing OMERO.server 5.6.8 which includes:
+
+- support histogram for tiled images and fix generation of histogram for float images
+- add default scanning period in logback.
+- an upgrade of Bio-Formats to version 6.14.0, see the [release announcement]({{ site.baseurl }}/2023/07/05/bio-formats-6-14-0.html).
+
+**Note:** This upgrade will invalidate the Bio-Formats Memoizer cache. Please
+see the upgrade guide for further information.
+We also recommend to re-index the database especially if the OMERO server has a large number of High Content Screening data.
+
+
+### Installing the Software:
+
+For full details of the changes included in the OMERO 5.6 series see the
+[OMERO 5.6.0]({{ site.baseurl }}/2020/01/15/omero-5-6-0.html) release
+announcement. Full documentation for this release is available
+under <https://omero.readthedocs.io/en/v5.6.7-1/>.
+
+This release has been tested with
+[OMERO.py 5.14.0](https://pypi.org/project/omero-py/5.14.0/) and
+[OMERO.web 5.22.0](https://pypi.org/project/omero-web/5.22.0/). We
+recommend that you upgrade OMERO.py and OMERO.web accordingly on your deployments.
+
+Official Docker images are available as usual on Docker Hub with either
+the latest or the 5.6 tag:
+
+* <https://hub.docker.com/r/openmicroscopy/omero-web-standalone>
+* <https://hub.docker.com/r/openmicroscopy/omero-server>
+
+You are invited to discuss this announcement on
+[the image.sc forum](https://forum.image.sc/tags/c/data-management/omero).
+
+All the best with your upgrades,
+
+The OME Team
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index d35112e32..b38de70b5 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ <h1 class="show-for-small-only hero-main-header"><img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/im
               <br>
               <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/events/" class="large button sites-button btn-red">Upcoming Workshops</a>
               &nbsp;&nbsp;
-              <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/2023/07/05/bio-formats-6-14-0.html" class="large button sites-button btn-red">Latest release</a>
+              <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/2023/07/25/omero-5-6-8.html" class="large button sites-button btn-red">Latest release</a>
               <br>
               <!--
               <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/events/ome-community-meeting-2022/" class="large button sites-button btn-blue">OME 2022 Community Meeting</a>