diff --git a/00-RELEASENOTES b/00-RELEASENOTES
index f2482a1339d77760a4c3da40e8bd7cccfd033a74..7462718da2ca3ca82a9f274438e8ab680f151988 100644
--- a/00-RELEASENOTES
+++ b/00-RELEASENOTES
@@ -14,6 +14,28 @@ HIGH:     There is a critical bug that may affect a subset of users. Upgrade!
 CRITICAL: There is a critical bug affecting MOST USERS. Upgrade ASAP.
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+--[ Redis 2.8.6 ] Release date: 13 Feb 2014
+
+# UPGRADE URGENCY: HIGH for Redis, LOW for Sentinel. Redis users using Lua
+                   scripts with EVALSHA and attached slaves and/or AOF
+                   persistence should consider upgrading ASAP.
+
+* [FIX] Fixed an critical EVALSHA script cache bug: scripts executed may not
+        propagate to AOF / Slaves correctly under certain conditions.
+        See issue #1549 at Github for more information.
+* [FIX] Fixed multiple bugs resulting into closing the link with master or slave
+        during replication without good reasons. This will result in useless
+        resynchronizations, or infinite loops where the replication link can't
+        be established.
+* [FIX] Don't count the time needed to populate the buffers of clients waiting
+        in MONITOR mode when populating the Slow Log entries.
+
+* [NEW] AOF write errors (like no space on device) no longer abort Redis if the
+        fsync policy is none or every second. The database enters a read-only
+        mode where every write is refused with an error. Normal operations are
+        restored as soon as Redis is able to append again data to the AOF file.
+* [NEW] Sentinel now accepts SHUTDOWN command.
+
 --[ Redis 2.8.5 ] Release date: 4 Feb 2014
 
 # UPGRADE URGENCY: HIGH for Redis, LOW for Sentinel. Redis users using Lua
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index fbe7caf0dc1a2d2e1e2df6a265285e644da76bdf..5f993c0687fe9bb22ce3e7af1619c5c3630ef2c6 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define REDIS_VERSION "2.8.5"
+#define REDIS_VERSION "2.8.6"