diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 06bc16a..f9a367c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+2.8.5 (2023-01-09)
+------------------
+* Fix regression introduced in version 2.8.4. Argument ``quality`` is not removed for images
+  of type ``.webp``.
+
+
 2.8.4 (2022-12-19)
 ------------------
 * Fix problem when thumbnailing images of type TIFF. PIL's ``TiffImagePlugin`` doesn't
diff --git a/easy_thumbnails/__init__.py b/easy_thumbnails/__init__.py
index 45b02b3..2d09a4c 100644
--- a/easy_thumbnails/__init__.py
+++ b/easy_thumbnails/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (2, 8, 4, 'final', 0)
+VERSION = (2, 8, 5, 'final', 0)
 
 
 def get_version(*args, **kwargs):