diff --git a/doap.xml b/doap.xml
index 79b04abd..5644e192 100644
--- a/doap.xml
+++ b/doap.xml
@@ -1064,5 +1064,12 @@
+
+
+ 1.8.5
+ 2024-02-02
+
+
+
diff --git a/slixmpp/version.py b/slixmpp/version.py
index e2b6a9a5..f29a1afc 100644
--- a/slixmpp/version.py
+++ b/slixmpp/version.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
# We don't want to have to import the entire library
# just to get the version info for setup.py
-__version__ = '1.8.4'
-__version_info__ = (1, 8, 4)
+__version__ = '1.8.5'
+__version_info__ = (1, 8, 5)