From 15b2416acc541a3d5f3957f65d3fd5be7f75f43e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BJ Neilsen <bj.neilsen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:32:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Bump version 2.8.6

---
 CHANGES.md              | 10 ++++++++++
 lib/protobuf/version.rb |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7bb7c803..a51443a9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2.8.6
+---------
+
+- Fix string/byte encoding issue when unicode characters present. Reported by @foxban. This was also backported to v2.7.12. [#120]
+
 2.8.5
 ----------
 
@@ -35,6 +40,11 @@
 - No longer creating `-java` platform gem due to removal of c++ compiler.
 - Added WTFPL license.
 
+2.7.12
+-----------
+
+- Backport string/byte encoding issue when unicode characters present. [code: #122, original issue: #120]
+
 2.0.0
 -----------
 
diff --git a/lib/protobuf/version.rb b/lib/protobuf/version.rb
index 0dfbf1b7..b9a4faf9 100644
--- a/lib/protobuf/version.rb
+++ b/lib/protobuf/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module Protobuf
-  VERSION = '2.8.5'
+  VERSION = '2.8.6'
   PROTOC_VERSION = '2.5.0'
 end