diff --git a/libbeat/version/version.go b/libbeat/version/version.go
index b6dbd3b7bda4..5d4f0fdf7d07 100644
--- a/libbeat/version/version.go
+++ b/libbeat/version/version.go
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 // Code generated by dev-tools/set_version
 package version
 
-const defaultBeatVersion = "8.5.0"
+const defaultBeatVersion = "8.6.0"