diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 449981b3..c2c12fae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
-8.5.0 (unreleased)
+8.5.0 (2024-04-25)
 ******************
 
 Other changes:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ab93999..9307db09 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "webargs"
-version = "8.4.0"
+version = "8.5.0"
 description = "Declarative parsing and validation of HTTP request objects, with built-in support for popular web frameworks, including Flask, Django, Bottle, Tornado, Pyramid, Falcon, and aiohttp."
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }