diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index acb4dfb..9b16939 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -128,12 +128,10 @@ Known bugs
 Changelog
 ---------
 
-pqiv 2.8.5 (wip / might appear as part of 2.9 instead)
+pqiv 2.8.5
  * Fixed an issue where the checkerboard pattern sometimes was visible at image
    borders
  * Fixed image rotation in low-memory mode
-
-pqiv 2.8.4
  * Fix a memory leak (leaking a few bytes each time an image is drawn)
  * Correctly handle string arguments from the configuration file
  * Fix building with old glib versions that do not expose their x11 dependency
diff --git a/pqiv.h b/pqiv.h
index 487ff42..515d509 100644
--- a/pqiv.h
+++ b/pqiv.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "lib/bostree.h"
 
 #ifndef PQIV_VERSION
-#define PQIV_VERSION "2.8.4"
+#define PQIV_VERSION "2.8.5"
 #endif
 
 #define FILE_FLAGS_ANIMATION      (guint)(1)