diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e99e185..c4bc3dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+### Deprecated
+### Removed
+### Fixed
+### Security
+- 
 ## [8.6.0]
 ### Added
 - **PODAAC-5876**
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index acd405b..df5119e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.6.0
+8.7.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4b7f9a..8384678 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>gov.nasa.podaac</groupId>
   <artifactId>cumulus-metadata-aggregator</artifactId>
-  <version>8.6.0-alpha.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>8.7.0-alpha.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Metadata-Aggregator</name>