diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 818d23e..cc82107 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # swyh-rs Changelog
 
-- 1.8.6-beta (unreleased)
+- 1.8.6 (Oct 8 2023 dheijl)
+  - make sure that http-tiny does not use chunking this time
 
 - 1.8.5 (Oct 4 2023 dheijl)
   - remove "chunked transfer" config option and associated code, it's considered useless and removed from HTTP 2 anyway
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fabc706..fd963f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ checksum = "913e7b03d63752f6cdd2df77da36749d82669904798fe8944b9ec3d23f159905"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "swyh-rs"
-version = "1.8.6-beta"
+version = "1.8.6"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cpal",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1db80c7..670e418 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 authors = ["dheijl <danny.heijl@telenet.be>"]
 edition = "2021"
 name = "swyh-rs"
-version = "1.8.6-beta"
+version = "1.8.6"
 description = "Stream What You Hear written in Rust"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/dheijl/swyh-rs/"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 269b37e..b12a9b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 A "Stream-What-You-Hear" implementation written in Rust, MIT licensed.
 
-The current release is 1.8.5 with
+The current release is 1.8.6 with
 
-- chunked encoding removed
+- chunked encoding option removed
 - a fix for issue #107
 - a new button to enable injecting silence (Sonos specific)
 - a fix for QPlay devices (issue #99) like the Xiaomi S12
diff --git a/swyh-rs.iss b/swyh-rs.iss
index 37e0757..bb63630 100644
--- a/swyh-rs.iss
+++ b/swyh-rs.iss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [Setup]
 AppName=swyh-rs
-AppVersion=1.8.5
+AppVersion=1.8.6
 WizardStyle=modern
 DefaultDirName={autopf}\swyh-rs
 DefaultGroupName=swyh-rs