diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41f6164..296b154 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Python 3.8.6 is now available (CPython) (#1072).
 
 ## v179 (2020-09-23)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40d0b2b..a2ab6ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Specify a Python Runtime
 
 Supported runtime options include:
 
-- `python-3.8.5`
+- `python-3.8.6`
 - `python-3.7.9`
 - `python-3.6.12`
 - `python-2.7.18`
diff --git a/bin/default_pythons b/bin/default_pythons
index a0087df..85f209a 100755
--- a/bin/default_pythons
+++ b/bin/default_pythons
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # shellcheck disable=2034
 
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-3.6.12"
-LATEST_38="python-3.8.5"
+LATEST_38="python-3.8.6"
 LATEST_37="python-3.7.9"
 LATEST_36="python-3.6.12"
 LATEST_35="python-3.5.10"
diff --git a/builds/runtimes/python-3.8.6 b/builds/runtimes/python-3.8.6
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ad41723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builds/runtimes/python-3.8.6
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build Path: /app/.heroku/python/
+
+source $(dirname $0)/python3