diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42e7705..055aae7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [1.8.6] - 2025-12-17
+
+* Prevent Rate Limits during GitHub Nix Setups
+
+
 ## [1.8.5] - 2025-12-17
 
 * * Clearer Git error handling, especially when a directory is not a Git repository.
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 31bbbfa..ee2b2ff 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         rec {
           pkgmgr = pyPkgs.buildPythonApplication {
             pname   = "package-manager";
-            version = "1.8.5";
+            version = "1.8.6";
 
             # Use the git repo as source
             src = ./.;
diff --git a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
index 5a234bf..40f88b7 100644
--- a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <info@veen.world>
 
 pkgname=package-manager
-pkgver=1.8.5
+pkgver=1.8.6
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Local-flake wrapper for Kevin's package-manager (Nix-based)."
 arch=('any')
diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index a024e8d..9f93149 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+package-manager (1.8.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Prevent Rate Limits during GitHub Nix Setups
+
+ -- Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world>  Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:50:31 +0100
+
 package-manager (1.8.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * * Clearer Git error handling, especially when a directory is not a Git repository.
diff --git a/packaging/fedora/package-manager.spec b/packaging/fedora/package-manager.spec
index 97af82c..7c8947f 100644
--- a/packaging/fedora/package-manager.spec
+++ b/packaging/fedora/package-manager.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           package-manager
-Version:        1.8.5
+Version:        1.8.6
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wrapper that runs Kevin's package-manager via Nix flake
 
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ echo ">>> package-manager removed. Nix itself was not removed."
 /usr/lib/package-manager/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 17 2025 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 1.8.6-1
+- Prevent Rate Limits during GitHub Nix Setups
+
 * Wed Dec 17 2025 Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world> - 1.8.5-1
 - * Clearer Git error handling, especially when a directory is not a Git repository.
 * More reliable repository verification with improved commit and GPG signature checks.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c27af76..ac29271 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "kpmx"
-version = "1.8.5"
+version = "1.8.6"
 description = "Kevin's package-manager tool (pkgmgr)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"