diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 56b4dffb..c1579bf9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.5.0"
+  ".": "8.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c396af08..c7682194 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Ruby SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [8.6.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/compare/8.5.0...8.6.0) (2024-06-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* adding option to omit anonymous contexts in identify and index events  ([#287](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/issues/287)) ([554f965](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/commit/554f9652f64fe52e2c809514490dd211c0699a27))
+
 ## [8.5.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/compare/8.4.2...8.5.0) (2024-06-10)
 
 
diff --git a/PROVENANCE.md b/PROVENANCE.md
index a597331d..8b58fbd4 100644
--- a/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify SLSA provenance attestations, we recommend using [slsa-verifier](https
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the SDK to verify
-SDK_VERSION=8.5.0
+SDK_VERSION=8.6.0
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb b/lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb
index cfe2e29d..b3565f13 100644
--- a/lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module LaunchDarkly
-  VERSION = "8.5.0" # x-release-please-version
+  VERSION = "8.6.0" # x-release-please-version
 end