diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59348e233a..93c76a72e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+<a name="0.8.6"></a>
+### 0.8.6 (2021-02-01)
+
+
+#### Refactor
+
+*   remove duplicate code for incrementing counters (#983) ([d72228b1](https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/commit/d72228b1d4b5cd63a399bde77c3156ea53bb4217))
+
+#### Chore
+
+*   tag 0.8.5 (#979) ([3c23fb46](https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/commit/3c23fb46138d4a042d0293af6b9853ea9f173f6d))
+
+#### Features
+
+*   Add pool connection info to __lbheartbeat__ for ops (#985) ([06a2ac79](https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/commit/06a2ac7910a87a75f1a2f0d68e786579cec99fd8))
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+*   downgrade deadpool so it stays on tokio 0.2 ([99975ef8](https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/commit/99975ef8b64317511111d48c6ebfc75e7facc334), closes [#976](https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/issues/976))
+
+
+
 <a name="0.8.5"></a>
 ## 0.8.5 (2021-01-21)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86a77f1a73..95872bfab7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2940,7 +2940,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syncstorage"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-cors",
  "actix-http",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ae59d4216f..95663b0a21 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "syncstorage"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 authors = [
   "Ben Bangert <ben@groovie.org>",