diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0259a4bf..6480addb 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 * marks some incompatible change
 
+version 1.8.7, April 12, 2016
+-----------------------------
  o fixed examples/demo.ml so that it also compiles with an installed OCamlGraph
  o [Components] fixed stack overflow with [scc] (patch by Albin Coquereau)
  o [Dominator] fixed stack overflow (patch by Albin Coquereau)
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 641e46c0..0a5376e0 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ graph.cmo: $(CMI) $(CMO)
 graph.cmx: $(CMI) $(CMX)
 	$(OCAMLOPT) $(INCLUDES) -pack -o $@ $^
 
-VERSION=1.8.6
+VERSION=1.8.7
 
 src/version.ml: Makefile
 	rm -f $@