diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index d10ccb87..615f72c1 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Release Notes
 PlatformIO 2.0
 --------------
 
-2.8.6 (2016-??-??)
+2.8.6 (2016-03-22)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * Launched `PlatformIO Community Forums <http://community.platformio.org>`_
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ PlatformIO 2.0
 * Better handling of used boards when re-initialize/update project
 * Improved support for non-Unicode user profiles for Windows OS
 * Disabled progress bar for download operations when prompts are disabled
-* Fixed multiple definition errors for ST STM32 development platform and mbed
-  framework
+* Fixed multiple definition errors for ST STM32 development platform and
+  ARM mbed framework
   (`issue #571 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/571>`_)
 * Fixed invalid board parameters (reset method and baudrate) for a few
   ESP8266 based boards
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 619b6843..3fb5bef8 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (2, 8, "6.dev0")
+VERSION = (2, 8, 6)
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"