diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: plyr
 Title: Tools for Splitting, Applying and Combining Data
-Version: 1.8.5.9000
+Version: 1.8.6
 Authors@R: 
     person(given = "Hadley",
            family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plyr (development version)
+# plyr 1.8.6
 
 * Update so `R CMD check` passes cleanly on R and R-devel.