diff --git a/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index c48417b0..3c6411d8 100644
--- a/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java
 Bundle-SymbolicName: com.amazonaws.kinesisclientlibrary;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 1.8.6
+Bundle-Version: 1.8.7
 Bundle-Vendor: Amazon Technologies, Inc
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: org.apache.commons.codec;bundle-version="1.6",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee1b7f78..c612845f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ For producer-side developers using the **[Kinesis Producer Library (KPL)][kinesi
 To make it easier for developers to write record processors in other languages, we have implemented a Java based daemon, called MultiLangDaemon that does all the heavy lifting. Our approach has the daemon spawn a sub-process, which in turn runs the record processor, which can be written in any language. The MultiLangDaemon process and the record processor sub-process communicate with each other over [STDIN and STDOUT using a defined protocol][multi-lang-protocol]. There will be a one to one correspondence amongst record processors, child processes, and shards. For Python developers specifically, we have abstracted these implementation details away and [expose an interface][kclpy] that enables you to focus on writing record processing logic in Python. This approach enables KCL to be language agnostic, while providing identical features and similar parallel processing model across all languages.
 
 ## Release Notes
+### Release 1.8.7
+* Don't add a delay for synchronous requests to Kinesis  
+  Removes a delay that had been added for synchronous `GetRecords` calls to Kinesis. 
+  * [PR #256](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/256)
+
 ### Release 1.8.6
 * Add prefetching of records from Kinesis  
   Prefetching will retrieve and queue additional records from Kinesis while the application is processing existing records.  
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 46bba4ca..88a1a79a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java</name>
-  <version>1.8.6</version>
+  <version>1.8.7</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
index da2610be..a37daa42 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class KinesisClientLibConfiguration {
     /**
      * User agent set when Amazon Kinesis Client Library makes AWS requests.
      */
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java-1.8.6";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java-1.8.7";
 
     /**
      * KCL will validate client provided sequence numbers with a call to Amazon Kinesis before checkpointing for calls