diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2a720c53..e28dd92cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 
 
 
+## v8.6.0 (2023-12-22)
+
+### Documentation
+
+* docs: minor correction to commit-parsing documentation (#777) ([`245e878`](https://github.com/python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release/commit/245e878f02d5cafec6baf0493c921c1e396b56e8))
+
+### Feature
+
+* feat(utils): expand parsable valid git remote url formats (#771)
+
+Git remote url parsing now supports additional formats (ssh, https, file, git) ([`cf75f23`](https://github.com/python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release/commit/cf75f237360488ebb0088e5b8aae626e97d9cbdd))
+
+### Style
+
+* style: beautify cf75f237360488ebb0088e5b8aae626e97d9cbdd ([`2de634d`](https://github.com/python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release/commit/2de634d6e1fed29e8ce55a1c57fd23bf838badd9))
+
+
 ## v8.5.2 (2023-12-19)
 
 ### Build
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 00f0cb94f..2d0f23b05 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "python-semantic-release"
-version = "8.5.2"
+version = "8.6.0"
 description = "Automatic Semantic Versioning for Python projects"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
diff --git a/semantic_release/__init__.py b/semantic_release/__init__.py
index b3340feaa..aa18f9ed7 100644
--- a/semantic_release/__init__.py
+++ b/semantic_release/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     tags_and_versions,
 )
 
-__version__ = "8.5.2"
+__version__ = "8.6.0"
 
 
 def setup_hook(argv: list[str]) -> None: