diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1eaf07437..a6e682782 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This driver uses semantic versioning:
 - A change in the major version (e.g. 1.Y.Z -> 2.0.0) indicates _breaking_
   changes that require changes in your code to upgrade.
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [8.5.0] - 2023-10-09
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ For a detailed list of changes between pre-release versions of v7 see the
 
   Graph methods now only return the relevant part of the response body.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.4.1...HEAD
+[8.5.0]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.4.1...v8.5.0
 [8.4.1]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.4.0...v8.4.1
 [8.4.0]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.3.1...v8.4.0
 [8.3.1]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.3.0...v8.3.1
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 69d9014e2..e7ea1d1f3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "private": true,
   "name": "arangojs",
-  "version": "8.4.1",
+  "version": "8.5.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=14"
   },