diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cc0c6d61380..e8f8784da88 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ name = "attohttpc"
 version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "http 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "http 0.1.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "url 1.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "http 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "http 0.1.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper 0.12.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper-rustls 0.16.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "fnv 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "http 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "http 0.1.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "indexmap 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "slab 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
-version = "0.1.17"
+version = "0.1.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.1.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures-cpupool 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "h2 0.1.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "http 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "http 0.1.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "httparse 1.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "iovec 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "itoa 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ct-logs 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "http 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "http 0.1.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper 0.12.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustls 0.15.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-io 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "attohttpc 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "http 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "http 0.1.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "url 1.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2626,7 +2626,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.1.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "jni 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "panic_hook 0.1.0",
- "parity-ethereum 2.6.8",
+ "parity-ethereum 2.6.9",
  "tokio 0.1.22 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-current-thread 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -2673,7 +2673,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ethereum"
-version = "2.6.8"
+version = "2.6.9"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "atty 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2726,7 +2726,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-runtime 0.1.0",
  "parity-updater 1.12.0",
  "parity-util-mem 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "parity-version 2.6.8",
+ "parity-version 2.6.9",
  "parity-whisper 0.1.0",
  "parking_lot 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pretty_assertions 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2869,7 +2869,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-crypto 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "parity-runtime 0.1.0",
  "parity-updater 1.12.0",
- "parity-version 2.6.8",
+ "parity-version 2.6.9",
  "parking_lot 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pretty_assertions 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2968,7 +2968,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-bytes 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "parity-hash-fetch 1.12.0",
  "parity-path 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "parity-version 2.6.8",
+ "parity-version 2.6.9",
  "parking_lot 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "semver 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2993,7 +2993,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-version"
-version = "2.6.8"
+version = "2.6.9"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-bytes 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rlp 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -4943,7 +4943,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum hex-literal-impl 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "06095d08c7c05760f11a071b3e1d4c5b723761c01bd8d7201c30a9536668a612"
 "checksum hmac 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f127a908633569f208325f86f71255d3363c79721d7f9fe31cd5569908819771"
 "checksum home 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "80dff82fb58cfbbc617fb9a9184b010be0529201553cda50ad04372bc2333aff"
-"checksum http 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "eed324f0f0daf6ec10c474f150505af2c143f251722bf9dbd1261bd1f2ee2c1a"
+"checksum http 0.1.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d6ccf5ede3a895d8856620237b2f02972c1bbc78d2965ad7fe8838d4a0ed41f0"
 "checksum httparse 1.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e8734b0cfd3bc3e101ec59100e101c2eecd19282202e87808b3037b442777a83"
 "checksum humantime 1.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0484fda3e7007f2a4a0d9c3a703ca38c71c54c55602ce4660c419fd32e188c9e"
 "checksum hyper 0.12.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f1ebec079129e43af5e234ef36ee3d7e6085687d145b7ea653b262d16c6b65f1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 16338e2d2ef..c8b1467e44c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 description = "Parity Ethereum client"
 name = "parity-ethereum"
 # NOTE Make sure to update util/version/Cargo.toml as well
-version = "2.6.8"
+version = "2.6.9"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 
diff --git a/util/version/Cargo.toml b/util/version/Cargo.toml
index 8dde30cf138..43ea99b0331 100644
--- a/util/version/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/version/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 [package]
 name = "parity-version"
 # NOTE: this value is used for Parity Ethereum version string (via env CARGO_PKG_VERSION)
-version = "2.6.8"
+version = "2.6.9"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [package.metadata]
 # This versions track. Should be changed to `stable` or `beta` when on respective branches.
 # Used by auto-updater and for Parity version string.
-track = "beta"
+track = "legacy"
 
 # Network specific settings, used ONLY by auto-updater.
 # Latest supported fork blocks.