diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1869b8358a147..246ae008bf49a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Version 8.5 (Unreleased)
-------------------------
+Version 8.5
+-----------
 
 - Added option to upload a profile image as an alternative to Gravatar.
 - Deprecated ``sentry celery`` subcommand in favor of ``sentry run {worker|cron}``.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17c4193074f17..853c731461411 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 from setuptools.command.develop import develop as DevelopCommand
 
 # The version of sentry
-VERSION = '8.5.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '8.5.0'
 
 # Also see sentry.utils.integrationdocs.DOC_FOLDER
 INTEGRATION_DOC_FOLDER = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(