diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3eaca6ba83..e9c7aacd90 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information (we need the default SCM info as people may checkout with git-svn) -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="0.8.5"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="0.8.6"/>
     <property name="scm.default.path" value="cassandra/branches/cassandra-0.8"/>
     <property name="scm.default.connection" value="scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/${scm.default.path}"/>
     <property name="scm.default.developerConnection" value="scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/${scm.default.path}"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ebdac2d89c..22fc73f2e1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (0.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Sylvain Lebresne <slebresne@apache.org>  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:25:49 +0200
+
 cassandra (0.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New release