diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3d5c25c7c..bff1ab036 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-New in spot 2.8.5.dev (not yet released)
+New in spot 2.8.6.dev (not yet released)
 
   Command-line tools:
 
@@ -88,17 +88,19 @@ New in spot 2.8.5.dev (not yet released)
     same transition structure (where the ..._maybe() variant would
     modify the Rabin automaton if needed).
 
+New in spot 2.8.6 (2020-02-19)
+
   Bugs fixed:
 
+  - calling spot.translate() with two conflicting preferences like
+    spot.translate(..., 'det', 'any') triggered a syntax error in the
+    Python code to handle this error.
+
   - degeneralize_tba() was incorrectly not honnoring the "skip_level"
     optimization after creating an accepting transition; as a
     consequence, some correct output could be larger than necessary
     (but still correct).
 
-  - calling spot.translate() with two conflicting preferences like
-    spot.translate(..., 'det', 'any') triggered a syntax error in the
-    Python code to handle this error.
-
   - Some formulas with Boolean sub-formulas equivalent to true or
     false could be translated into automata with false labels.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b7f51b37a..a31561efc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
-AC_INIT([spot], [2.8.5.dev], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
+AC_INIT([spot], [2.8.6.dev], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([tools])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu tar-ustar color-tests parallel-tests])
diff --git a/doc/org/setup.org b/doc/org/setup.org
index 183b78a74..ad1824c80 100644
--- a/doc/org/setup.org
+++ b/doc/org/setup.org
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #+OPTIONS: H:2 num:nil toc:t html-postamble:nil ^:nil
 #+EMAIL: spot@lrde.epita.fr
 #+HTML_LINK_HOME: index.html
-#+MACRO: SPOTVERSION 2.8.5
-#+MACRO: LASTRELEASE 2.8.5
-#+MACRO: LASTTARBALL [[http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/spot/spot-2.8.5.tar.gz][=spot-2.8.5.tar.gz=]]
-#+MACRO: LASTNEWS [[https://gitlab.lrde.epita.fr/spot/spot/blob/spot-2-8-5/NEWS][summary of the changes]]
-#+MACRO: LASTDATE 2020-01-04
+#+MACRO: SPOTVERSION 2.8.6
+#+MACRO: LASTRELEASE 2.8.6
+#+MACRO: LASTTARBALL [[http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/spot/spot-2.8.6.tar.gz][=spot-2.8.6.tar.gz=]]
+#+MACRO: LASTNEWS [[https://gitlab.lrde.epita.fr/spot/spot/blob/spot-2-8-6/NEWS][summary of the changes]]
+#+MACRO: LASTDATE 2020-02-19
 
 #+ATTR_HTML: :id spotlogo
 [[file:spot2.svg]]