diff --git a/CHANGELOG-UNRELEASED.md b/CHANGELOG-UNRELEASED.md
index ee67167c..2f730af6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-UNRELEASED.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-UNRELEASED.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
-- Updated to holochain v0.0.52-alpha2
 
 ### Deprecated
 
@@ -16,3 +15,4 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ### Fixed
 
 ### Security
+
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab7ba8a6..7d7cfdd9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.0.85] - 2020-10-02
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+- Updated to holochain v0.0.52-alpha2
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Security
+
 ## [0.0.84] - 2020-09-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/example.config.nix b/example.config.nix
index a644e393..6c8fc4e7 100644
--- a/example.config.nix
+++ b/example.config.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ echo "All finished!!!"
   # the commit hash that the release process should target
   # this will always be behind what ends up being deployed
   # the release process needs to add some commits for changelog etc.
-  commit = "0b7e99b2b3757f3e6c1c78a44bb761eb52355af5";
+  commit = "aedce9179c265cb1d4bbea51d509e1d9cf0b101d";
 
   # the semver for prev and current releases
   # the previous version will be scanned/bumped by release scripts