chore: release v8.6.0 (#1696)

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.release-please-manifest.json

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 56b4dff..c1579bf 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.5.0"
+  ".": "8.6.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 634e354..0fd7b3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # node-addon-api Changelog
 
+## [8.6.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/compare/v8.5.0...v8.6.0) (2026-01-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add SharedArrayBuffer ([#1688](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/issues/1688)) ([220bee2](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/commit/220bee244fae2e36405bf2bda33cb3985a846912))
+* silence a legitimate vfptr sanitizer warning that is on by default in Android NDK 29 ([#1692](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/issues/1692)) ([46673f4](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/commit/46673f403adf799cc73419427dd3cf166badff22))
+
 ## [8.5.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/compare/v8.4.0...v8.5.0) (2025-07-04)
 
 

README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89a36ef..39df5a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 API references are available in the [doc](doc/README.md) directory.
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
-## Current version: 8.5.0
+## Current version: 8.6.0
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
 (See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for complete Changelog)

package.json

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f04d661..b9393c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
     "lint:fix": "eslint --fix && node tools/clang-format --fix"
   },
   "pre-commit": "lint",
-  "version": "8.5.0",
+  "version": "8.6.0",
   "support": true,
   "engines": {
     "node": "^18 || ^20 || >= 21"