diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1bffc6e69e5c63877ceffb6f22b5c50865753ffe..4d02d8e1a2753775f6cd56fd9998d1616613fb57 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ which provides access to most API functionality.
 It works with Python 2.7, 3.3 and above, and supports MediaWiki 1.16 and above.
 For functions not available in the current MediaWiki, a ``MediaWikiVersionError`` is raised.
 
-The current stable `version 0.8.6 <https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/archive/v0.8.6.zip>`_
+The current stable `version 0.8.7 <https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/archive/v0.8.7.zip>`_
 is `available through PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mwclient>`_:
 
 .. code-block:: console
diff --git a/mwclient/client.py b/mwclient/client.py
index d1d58b3c3cc93b3d3549d8b47450b4cd2ed9f0fa..85c505845fec46ea7f26cfdeb8fba0fb8eb2efca 100644
--- a/mwclient/client.py
+++ b/mwclient/client.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     gzip = None
 
-__ver__ = '0.8.6'
+__ver__ = '0.8.7'
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ab138830fa4e2fd75b0fd394a7df256f5d73d203..4dcfd33100ec2c9b2c99e7bb2f10afee1cec2dac 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.6
+current_version = 0.8.7
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 660d93bb626c9fc622af2babf1d90e37480a15bd..88708945042add453101cb71363ebe30f36fb18b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ needs_pytest = set(['pytest', 'test', 'ptr']).intersection(sys.argv)
 pytest_runner = ['pytest-runner'] if needs_pytest else []
 
 setup(name='mwclient',
-      version='0.8.6',  # Use bumpversion to update
+      version='0.8.7',  # Use bumpversion to update
       description='MediaWiki API client',
       long_description=README,
       classifiers=[