diff --git a/hail/Makefile b/hail/Makefile
index 2f10809742a..17d2e4f4173 100644
--- a/hail/Makefile
+++ b/hail/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 SCALA_VERSION ?= 2.12.13
 SPARK_VERSION ?= 3.1.2
 HAIL_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION := 0.2
-HAIL_PATCH_VERSION := 86
+HAIL_PATCH_VERSION := 87
 HAIL_PIP_VERSION := $(HAIL_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION).$(HAIL_PATCH_VERSION)
 HAIL_VERSION := $(HAIL_PIP_VERSION)-$(SHORT_REVISION)
 ELASTIC_MAJOR_VERSION ?= 7
diff --git a/hail/python/hail/docs/change_log.md b/hail/python/hail/docs/change_log.md
index 0409eee4455..aad0a4c537d 100644
--- a/hail/python/hail/docs/change_log.md
+++ b/hail/python/hail/docs/change_log.md
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ Please note that **forward compatibility should not be expected, especially
 relating to file formats**: this means that it may not be possible to use
 an earlier version of Hail to read files written in a later version.
 
+
+---
+
+## Version 0.2.87
+
+Release 2022-02-28
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- (hail#11401) Fixed bug where `from_pandas` didn't support missing strings.
+
 ---
 
 ## Version 0.2.86