diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index 86fcc3de83..2676873dd8 100644
--- a/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/archive/archive.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <uri>http://php.net/contact</uri>
     <email>php-webmaster@lists.php.net</email>
   </author>
+  <xi:include href="entries/2025-09-25-3.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2025-09-25-2.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2025-09-25-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2025-09-23-1.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2025-09-25-3.xml b/archive/entries/2025-09-25-3.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfb16da64d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2025-09-25-3.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <title>PHP 8.5.0 RC 1 available for testing</title>
+  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-09-25-3</id>
+  <published>2025-09-25T23:24:19+00:00</published>
+  <updated>2025-09-25T23:24:19+00:00</updated>
+  <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2025-09-25-3" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
+  <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-09-25-3" rel="via" type="text/html"/>
+  <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/>
+  <content type="xhtml">
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+     <p>
+     	The PHP team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 1.
+     	This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the
+     	<a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php85">PHP Wiki</a>.
+     </p>
+     <p>For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 RC1, please visit the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~daniels">download page</a>.</p>
+     <p>Please carefully test this version and report any issues found <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml">on GitHub</a>.</p>
+     <p><strong>Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.</strong></p>
+     <p>For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0RC1/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0RC1/UPGRADING">UPGRADING</a> file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.</p>
+     <p>The next release will be RC2, planned for 9 Oct 2025.</p>
+     <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/DanielEScherzer/7a3d8b15cff4c7a059b54a27a680106a">manifest</a> or on the <a href="https://www.php.net/release-candidates.php">Release Candidates page</a>.</p>
+     <p>Thank you for helping us make PHP better.</p>
+    </div>
+  </content>
+</entry>
diff --git a/include/release-qa.php b/include/release-qa.php
index 6a688c2a0f..4460339083 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@
     '8.5.0' => [
         'active'  => true,
         'release' => [
-            'type'       => 'beta',
-            'number'     => 3,
-            'sha256_bz2' => '897593d9fe0f5f6dd782e1e187323c407ef937a9e860e3552d3548621c260cc8',
-            'sha256_gz'  => 'ff3f5a8c73c4b84883ef0e3870543c078d324c46ccef2eb85c66cb88124e7a55',
-            'sha256_xz'  => 'ffde3f5c02187ff0bef28abad7fb0cfa389f47b79a324a8af6ae96b6b60f20cf',
-            'date'       => '11 Sep 2025',
-            'baseurl'    => 'https://downloads.php.net/~edorian/',
+            'type'       => 'RC',
+            'number'     => 1,
+            'sha256_bz2' => '8365ae9263cc160e6182302f0bdcc80edf1806029556e6870beb3078a625389c',
+            'sha256_gz'  => '0ea5059a387117fe6ed9a72cdc20945dbff6acc072df936e97d35a9cb26420e0',
+            'sha256_xz'  => '96f064b5d604e00e5fe1c993d4881da659a99d6d1d8ac0b1df8fec6406e34a9d',
+            'date'       => '25 Sep 2025',
+            'baseurl'    => 'https://downloads.php.net/~daniels/',
         ],
     ],
 ];