diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0767795ee..d240bd002 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 FEATURES:
 
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+BUG FIXES:
+
+## 1.8.6 (September 27, 2016)
+
 IMPROVEMENTS:
 
   - Add detection for DragonFly BSD [GH-7701]
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index f263cd11b..c49ddad7b 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.6
+1.8.7.dev
diff --git a/website/config.rb b/website/config.rb
index 5f8231c81..e9b2dfba3 100644
--- a/website/config.rb
+++ b/website/config.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set :base_url, "https://www.vagrantup.com/"
 
 activate :hashicorp do |h|
   h.name = "vagrant"
-  h.version = "1.8.5"
+  h.version = "1.8.6"
   h.github_slug = "mitchellh/vagrant"
 end