diff --git a/doap.xml b/doap.xml
index 20771694..fed71c78 100644
--- a/doap.xml
+++ b/doap.xml
@@ -1079,5 +1079,12 @@
             <file-release rdf:resource="https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/archive/slix-1.8.5.tar.gz"/>
         </Version>
     </release>
+    <release>
+        <Version>
+            <revision>1.8.6</revision>
+            <created>2024-12-26</created>
+            <file-release rdf:resource="https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/archive/slix-1.8.6.tar.gz"/>
+        </Version>
+    </release>
 </Project>
 </rdf:RDF>
diff --git a/slixmpp/version.py b/slixmpp/version.py
index f29a1afc..4d9a8897 100644
--- a/slixmpp/version.py
+++ b/slixmpp/version.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 # We don't want to have to import the entire library
 # just to get the version info for setup.py
 
-__version__ = '1.8.5'
-__version_info__ = (1, 8, 5)
+__version__ = '1.8.6'
+__version_info__ = (1, 8, 6)