diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2060b0cd..148dbccb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([lnav],[0.8.5-rc1],[lnav@googlegroups.com],[lnav],[http://lnav.org])
+AC_INIT([lnav],[0.8.5],[lnav@googlegroups.com],[lnav],[http://lnav.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/lnav.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index 63167e61..89f3354a 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-VERSION=0.8.5-rc1
+VERSION=0.8.5
 
 SRC_VERSION=master