diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1da37e8..24ac6f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     name: build - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} (${{ matrix.os }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2714179..27416e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.68.0 - 2025-12-09
+
+This release adds support for Python 3.14.
+
+#### Enhancements
+- Added support for Python 3.14
+- Functions which accept a path as an argument now expand user directories
+- Upgraded `databento-dbn` to 0.45.0
+  - Added support for Python 3.14
+
 ## 0.67.0 - 2025-12-02
 
 #### Enhancements
@@ -351,7 +361,7 @@ was preventing `ts_out` from being correctly decoded in the Python DBNDecoder
 
 ## 0.45.0 - 2024-11-12
 
-This release adds support for Python v3.13.
+This release adds support for Python 3.13.
 
 #### Enhancements
 - Added support for Python 3.13
@@ -675,7 +685,7 @@ This release adds support for transcoding DBN data into Apache parquet.
 
 ## 0.24.0 - 2023-11-23
 
-This release adds support for DBN v2 as well as Python v3.12.
+This release adds support for DBN v2 as well as Python 3.12.
 
 DBN v2 delivers improvements to the `Metadata` header symbology, new `stype_in` and `stype_out` fields for `SymbolMappingMsg`, and extends the symbol field length for `SymbolMappingMsg` and `InstrumentDefMsg`. The entire change notes are available [here](https://github.com/databento/dbn/releases/tag/v0.14.0). Users who wish to convert DBN v1 files to v2 can use the `dbn-cli` tool available in the [databento-dbn](https://github.com/databento/dbn/) crate. On a future date, the Databento live and historical APIs will stop serving DBN v1.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f316c4f..2cee56a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The library is fully compatible with distributions of Anaconda 2023.x and above.
 The minimum dependencies as found in the `pyproject.toml` are also listed below:
 - python = "^3.10"
 - aiohttp = "^3.8.3"
-- databento-dbn = "~0.44.0"
+- databento-dbn = "~0.45.0"
 - numpy = ">=1.23.5"
 - pandas = ">=1.5.3"
 - pip-system-certs = ">=4.0" (Windows only)
diff --git a/databento/common/dbnstore.py b/databento/common/dbnstore.py
index f4e572a..722f2aa 100644
--- a/databento/common/dbnstore.py
+++ b/databento/common/dbnstore.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 from databento.common.validation import validate_enum
 from databento.common.validation import validate_file_write_path
 from databento.common.validation import validate_maybe_enum
+from databento.common.validation import validate_path
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -138,15 +139,15 @@ class FileDataSource(DataSource):
         The name of the file.
     nbytes : int
         The size of the data in bytes; equal to the file size.
-    path : PathLike[str] or str
+    path : Path
         The path of the file.
     reader : IO[bytes]
         A `BufferedReader` for this file-backed data.
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, source: PathLike[str] | str):
-        self._path = Path(source)
+    def __init__(self, source: Path):
+        self._path = source
 
         if not self._path.is_file() or not self._path.exists():
             raise FileNotFoundError(source)
@@ -653,7 +654,7 @@ def from_file(cls, path: PathLike[str] | str) -> DBNStore:
             If an empty file is specified.
 
         """
-        return cls(FileDataSource(path))
+        return cls(FileDataSource(validate_path(path, "path")))
 
     @classmethod
     def from_bytes(cls, data: BytesIO | bytes | IO[bytes]) -> DBNStore:
diff --git a/databento/common/symbology.py b/databento/common/symbology.py
index 0549ba2..731ead9 100644
--- a/databento/common/symbology.py
+++ b/databento/common/symbology.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from databento_dbn import SymbolMappingMsgV1
 
 from databento.common.parsing import datetime_to_unix_nanoseconds
+from databento.common.validation import validate_path
 
 
 class MappingInterval(NamedTuple):
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ def _validate_path_pair(
     in_file: PathLike[str] | str,
     out_file: PathLike[str] | str | None,
 ) -> tuple[Path, Path]:
-    in_file_valid = Path(in_file)
+    in_file_valid = validate_path(in_file, "in_file")
 
     if not in_file_valid.exists():
         raise ValueError(f"{in_file_valid} does not exist")
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ def _validate_path_pair(
         raise ValueError(f"{in_file_valid} is not a file")
 
     if out_file is not None:
-        out_file_valid = Path(out_file)
+        out_file_valid = validate_path(out_file, "out_file")
     else:
         out_file_valid = in_file_valid.with_name(
             f"{in_file_valid.stem}_mapped{in_file_valid.suffix}",
diff --git a/databento/common/types.py b/databento/common/types.py
index 6727aac..f8bc032 100644
--- a/databento/common/types.py
+++ b/databento/common/types.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import datetime as dt
 import logging
-import pathlib
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from os import PathLike
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 
 from databento.common.error import BentoWarning
+from databento.common.validation import validate_file_write_path
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def __init__(
         is_managed = False
 
         if isinstance(stream, (str, PathLike)):
-            stream = pathlib.Path(stream).open("xb")
+            stream = validate_file_write_path(stream, "stream", False).open("xb")
             is_managed = True
 
         if not hasattr(stream, "write"):
diff --git a/databento/common/validation.py b/databento/common/validation.py
index ebd3aa1..ff63c91 100644
--- a/databento/common/validation.py
+++ b/databento/common/validation.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 def validate_path(value: PathLike[str] | str, param: str) -> Path:
     """
-    Validate whether the given value is a valid path.
+    Validate whether the given value is a valid path. This also expands user
+    directories to form valid paths.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -38,10 +39,12 @@ def validate_path(value: PathLike[str] | str, param: str) -> Path:
     ------
     TypeError
         If value is not a valid path.
+    RuntimeError
+        If a user's home directory cannot be expanded.
 
     """
     try:
-        return Path(value)
+        return Path(value).expanduser()
     except TypeError:
         raise TypeError(
             f"The `{param}` was not a valid path type. " "Use any of [PathLike[str], str].",
@@ -72,6 +75,10 @@ def validate_file_write_path(
 
     Raises
     ------
+    TypeError
+        If value is not a valid path.
+    RuntimeError
+        If a user's home directory cannot be expanded.
     IsADirectoryError
         If path is a directory.
     FileExistsError
diff --git a/databento/version.py b/databento/version.py
index a2f665b..251b74b 100644
--- a/databento/version.py
+++ b/databento/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.67.0"
+__version__ = "0.68.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 65ee4ca..160b313 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "databento"
-version = "0.67.0"
+version = "0.68.0"
 description = "Official Python client library for Databento"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dynamic = [ "classifiers" ]
 dependencies = [
     "aiohttp>=3.8.3,<4.0.0; python_version < '3.12'",
     "aiohttp>=3.9.0,<4.0.0; python_version >= '3.12'",
-    "databento-dbn~=0.44.0",
+    "databento-dbn~=0.45.0",
     "numpy>=1.23.5; python_version < '3.12'",
     "numpy>=1.26.0; python_version >= '3.12'",
     "pandas>=1.5.3",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
+python = ">=3.10,<3.15"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 black = "^23.9.1"