diff --git a/History.markdown b/History.markdown
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--- a/History.markdown
+++ b/History.markdown
@@ -305,6 +305,21 @@
 
   * Release v4.0.0.pre.alpha1 (#7574)
 
+## 3.8.6 / 2019-07-02
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+  * Update log output for an invalid theme directory (#7734)
+  * Memoize `SiteDrop#documents` to reduce allocations (#7722)
+  * Excerpt handling of custom and intermediate tags (#7467)
+  * Escape valid special chars in a site's path name (#7573)
+  * Revert memoizing `Site#docs_to_write` and refactor `#documents` (#7689)
+  * Fix broken `include_relative` usage in excerpt (#7690)
+
+### Security Fixes
+
+  * Theme gems: ensure directories aren't symlinks (#7424)
+
 ## 3.8.5 / 2018-11-04
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/docs/_docs/history.md b/docs/_docs/history.md
index 8d646bfe..de6a93bb 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/history.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/history.md
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ permalink: "/docs/history/"
 note: This file is autogenerated. Edit /History.markdown instead.
 ---
 
+## 3.8.6 / 2019-07-02
+{: #v3-8-6}
+
+### Bug Fixes
+{: #bug-fixes-v3-8-6}
+
+- Update log output for an invalid theme directory ([#7734]({{ site.repository }}/issues/7734))
+- Memoize `SiteDrop#documents` to reduce allocations ([#7722]({{ site.repository }}/issues/7722))
+- Excerpt handling of custom and intermediate tags ([#7467]({{ site.repository }}/issues/7467))
+- Escape valid special chars in a site's path name ([#7573]({{ site.repository }}/issues/7573))
+- Revert memoizing `Site#docs_to_write` and refactor `#documents` ([#7689]({{ site.repository }}/issues/7689))
+- Fix broken `include_relative` usage in excerpt ([#7690]({{ site.repository }}/issues/7690))
+
+### Security Fixes
+{: #security-fixes-v3-8-6}
+
+- Theme gems: ensure directories aren't symlinks ([#7424]({{ site.repository }}/issues/7424))
+
+
 ## 3.8.5 / 2018-11-04
 {: #v3-8-5}
 
diff --git a/docs/_posts/2019-07-02-jekyll-3-8-6-released.markdown b/docs/_posts/2019-07-02-jekyll-3-8-6-released.markdown
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+title: 'Jekyll 3.8.6 Released'
+date: 2019-07-02 11:21:02 -0400
+author: parkr
+version: 3.8.6
+categories: [release]
+---
+
+We have another patch release in the 3.8 series! This time, we have one security patch
+and a handful of bug patches, including:
+
+- Filter symlinks from theme gems
+- Fix excerpt handling of some Liquid tags
+- Handle case where a theme directory doesn't exist
+- A few internal optimizations to reduce memory overhead
+
+... and a few more! You can check out the patches and see all the details in [the release notes](/docs/history/#v3-8-6)
+
+Happy Jekylling!