diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 40b56e84d..32a22e028 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-New in spot 2.8.6.dev (not yet released)
+New in spot 2.8.7.dev (not yet released)
 
   Command-line tools:
 
@@ -103,10 +103,12 @@ New in spot 2.8.6.dev (not yet released)
   - car() is a new variant of LAR algorithm that combines several
     strategies for paritizing any automaton.
 
+New in spot 2.8.7 (2019-03-13)
+
   Bugs fixed:
 
   - Building a product between two complete automata where one operand
-    had false acceptance could create a incomplete automaton
+    had false acceptance could create an incomplete automaton
     incorrectly tagged as complete, causing the print_hoa() function
     to raise an exception.
 
@@ -119,6 +121,21 @@ New in spot 2.8.6.dev (not yet released)
     wrong.  This could in turn cause segfaults or infinite loops while
     running autcross or autfilt --stats=%w.
 
+  - The generic emptiness check used a suboptimal selection of "Fin"
+    to remove, not matching the correct line in our ATVA'19 paper.
+    This could cause superfluous recursive calls, however benchmarks
+    have shown the difference to be insignificant in practice.
+
+  - The sl(), and sl2() functions for computing the "self-loopization"
+    of an automaton, and used for instance in algorithms for computing
+    proof of stutter-sensitiveness (e.g., in our web application),
+    were incorrect when applied on automata with "t" acceptance (or
+    more generaly, any automaton where a cycle without mark is
+    accepting).
+
+  - ltlcross was not diagnosing write errors associated to
+    options --grind=FILENAME and --save-bogus=FILENAME.
+
 New in spot 2.8.6 (2020-02-19)
 
   Bugs fixed:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a31561efc..98b8877f4 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], [2.8.6.dev], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
+AC_INIT([spot], [2.8.7.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 ad1824c80..0527e117b 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 2.8.6
-#+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
+#+MACRO: SPOTVERSION 2.8.7
+#+MACRO: LASTRELEASE 2.8.7
+#+MACRO: LASTTARBALL [[http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/spot/spot-2.8.7.tar.gz][=spot-2.8.7.tar.gz=]]
+#+MACRO: LASTNEWS [[https://gitlab.lrde.epita.fr/spot/spot/blob/spot-2-8-7/NEWS][summary of the changes]]
+#+MACRO: LASTDATE 2020-03-13
 
 #+ATTR_HTML: :id spotlogo
 [[file:spot2.svg]]