chore(6.8): release 6.8.1 [skip-ci] (#4223)

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.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "6.8.0"
+  ".": "6.8.1"
 }

HISTORY.md

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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.8.1](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.8.0...v6.8.1) (2024-09-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **NODE-6355:** respect utf8 validation option when iterating cursors ([#4220](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4220)) ([886cefb](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/886cefb4197e2747f26eeb680a9d0a779d6d28f1))
+
 ## [6.8.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.7.0...v6.8.0) (2024-06-27)
 
 

package.json

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 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.8.1",
   "description": "The official MongoDB driver for Node.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [