diff --git a/qaboard/__init__.py b/qaboard/__init__.py
index 1cbb675c..4bc7528d 100755
--- a/qaboard/__init__.py
+++ b/qaboard/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # need to be update setup.py as well
-__version__ = '0.8.6'
+__version__ = '0.8.7'
 from .check_for_updates import check_for_updates
 check_for_updates()
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 80694a20..aec753c6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 setup(
   name='qaboard',
-  version="0.8.6", # __version__ needs to be updated in qaboard/__init__.py as well
+  version="0.8.7", # __version__ needs to be updated in qaboard/__init__.py as well
   license="Apache-2.0",
 
   url="https://github.com/Samsung/qaboard",