diff --git a/json_serializable/CHANGELOG.md b/json_serializable/CHANGELOG.md
index 77bf34c1..36ae2f96 100644
--- a/json_serializable/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/json_serializable/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 6.8.0-wip
+## 6.8.0
 
 - Add type arguments to `Map` literals used for `Record` serialization.
 - Add support for `JsonSerializable(createJsonKeys: true)`.
diff --git a/json_serializable/lib/src/check_dependencies.dart b/json_serializable/lib/src/check_dependencies.dart
index 63512589..7ea84bef 100644
--- a/json_serializable/lib/src/check_dependencies.dart
+++ b/json_serializable/lib/src/check_dependencies.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import 'package:pubspec_parse/pubspec_parse.dart';
 
 const _productionDirectories = {'lib', 'bin'};
 const _annotationPkgName = 'json_annotation';
-final requiredJsonAnnotationMinVersion = Version.parse('4.8.1');
+final requiredJsonAnnotationMinVersion = Version.parse('4.9.0');
 
 Future<void> pubspecHasRightVersion(BuildStep buildStep) async {
   final segments = buildStep.inputId.pathSegments;
diff --git a/json_serializable/pubspec.yaml b/json_serializable/pubspec.yaml
index 307e1f76..e6d66865 100644
--- a/json_serializable/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/json_serializable/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: json_serializable
-version: 6.8.0-wip
+version: 6.8.0
 description: >-
   Automatically generate code for converting to and from JSON by annotating
   Dart classes.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # Use a tight version constraint to ensure that a constraint on
   # `json_annotation` properly constrains all features it provides.
-  json_annotation: '>=4.8.1 <4.9.0'
+  json_annotation: '>=4.9.0 <4.10.0'
   meta: ^1.3.0
   path: ^1.8.0
   pub_semver: ^2.0.0
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ dependencies:
   source_gen: ^1.3.2
   source_helper: ^1.3.0
 
-dependency_overrides:
-  json_annotation:
-    path: ../json_annotation
-
 dev_dependencies:
   _json_serial_shared_test:
     path: ../shared_test