diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f1fb8beeb..0d01d9a520 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
   "preferGlobal": true,
-  "version": "8.5.3",
+  "version": "8.6.0",
   "author": "NativeScript <support@nativescript.org>",
   "description": "Command-line interface for building NativeScript projects",
   "bin": {