diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9b0800d9..87221f8f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Master
+## 0.8.5 - October 17, 2011
 
 ### Improvements
 
diff --git a/lib/guard/version.rb b/lib/guard/version.rb
index 482e088b3..d2fd30a90 100644
--- a/lib/guard/version.rb
+++ b/lib/guard/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Guard
   unless defined? Guard::VERSION
     # The current gem version of Guard
-    VERSION = '0.8.4'
+    VERSION = '0.8.5'
   end
 end