diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index 09472eeb3e0..eefa77ad7b9 100644
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-firejail (0.9.67) baseline; urgency=low
+firejail (0.9.68rc1) baseline; urgency=low
   * work in progress
   * exit code: distinguish fatal signals by adding 128 (#4533)
   * close file descriptors greater than 2 (--keep-fd) (#4845)
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ firejail (0.9.67) baseline; urgency=low
      --deterministic-shutdown) (#4635)
   * noprinters command (#4607 #4827)
   * network monitor (--nettrace)
+  * network locker (--netlock)
   * whitelist-ro profile command
   * build: firecfg.config is now installed to /etc/firejail/ (#4669)
   * removed --disable-whitelist at compile time
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ firejail (0.9.67) baseline; urgency=low
   * new profiles: make, meson, pip, codium, telnet, ftp, OpenStego
   * new profiles: imv, retroarch, torbrowser, CachyBrowser,
   * new profiles: notable, RPCS3, wget2, raincat,
- -- netblue30 <netblue30@yahoo.com>  Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0500
+ -- netblue30 <netblue30@yahoo.com>  Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:00:00 -0500
 
 firejail (0.9.66) baseline; urgency=low
   * deprecated --audit options, relpaced by jailcheck utility
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a8c9a1d9602..553738b98ee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for firejail 0.9.67.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for firejail 0.9.68rc1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <netblue30@protonmail.com>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='firejail'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='firejail'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.67'
-PACKAGE_STRING='firejail 0.9.67'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.68rc1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='firejail 0.9.68rc1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='netblue30@protonmail.com'
 PACKAGE_URL='https://firejail.wordpress.com'
 
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures firejail 0.9.67 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures firejail 0.9.68rc1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of firejail 0.9.67:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of firejail 0.9.68rc1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-firejail configure 0.9.67
+firejail configure 0.9.68rc1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by firejail $as_me 0.9.67, which was
+It was created by firejail $as_me 0.9.68rc1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -3434,8 +3434,8 @@ if test "x$enable_apparmor" = "xyes"; then :
 	HAVE_APPARMOR="-DHAVE_APPARMOR"
 
 pkg_failed=no
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for AA" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for AA... " >&6; }
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for libapparmor" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for libapparmor... " >&6; }
 
 if test -n "$AA_CFLAGS"; then
     pkg_cv_AA_CFLAGS="$AA_CFLAGS"
@@ -3475,7 +3475,7 @@ fi
 
 
 if test $pkg_failed = yes; then
-   	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 
 if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-pkgconfig-version 0.20; then
@@ -3502,7 +3502,7 @@ Alternatively, you may set the environment variables AA_CFLAGS
 and AA_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
 See the pkg-config man page for more details." "$LINENO" 5
 elif test $pkg_failed = untried; then
-     	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 	{ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
@@ -4815,7 +4815,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by firejail $as_me 0.9.67, which was
+This file was extended by firejail $as_me 0.9.68rc1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4869,7 +4869,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-firejail config.status 0.9.67
+firejail config.status 0.9.68rc1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 232d49e1e9a..e7af84db1d5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([firejail], [0.9.67], [netblue30@protonmail.com], [],
+AC_INIT([firejail], [0.9.68rc1], [netblue30@protonmail.com], [],
     [https://firejail.wordpress.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/firejail/main.c])