diff --git a/.ci/test-matrix.yml b/.ci/test-matrix.yml
index 0ab8cb1d8..0d081a1bf 100644
--- a/.ci/test-matrix.yml
+++ b/.ci/test-matrix.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 STACK_VERSION:
-  - "8.5.0-SNAPSHOT"
+  - "8.6.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 NODE_JS_VERSION:
   - 18
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7895eb0b6..3ea6cc36d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@elastic/elasticsearch",
-  "version": "8.5.0",
-  "versionCanary": "8.5.0-canary.0",
+  "version": "8.6.0",
+  "versionCanary": "8.6.0-canary.0",
   "description": "The official Elasticsearch client for Node.js",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",