diff --git a/more_itertools/__init__.py b/more_itertools/__init__.py
index a3459334..5f3f872b 100644
--- a/more_itertools/__init__.py
+++ b/more_itertools/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .more import *  # noqa
 from .recipes import *  # noqa
 
-__version__ = '8.4.0'
+__version__ = '8.5.0'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ed6ba0af..eb25a5d7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 8.4.0
+current_version = 8.5.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 files = more_itertools/__init__.py