diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 62a2c9e..187077b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "fava-trails"
-version = "0.8.5rc1"
+version = "0.8.5"
 description = "FAVA Trails 🫛👣 — Federated Agents Versioned Audit Trail. VCS-backed memory for AI agents via MCP."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/src/fava_trails/__init__.py b/src/fava_trails/__init__.py
index 2e284bb..fda878a 100644
--- a/src/fava_trails/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fava_trails/__init__.py
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 try:
     __version__ = version("fava-trails")
 except PackageNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover - source tree without install metadata
-    __version__ = "0.8.5rc1"
+    __version__ = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 1202fa6..3940492 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fava-trails"
-version = "0.8.5rc1"
+version = "0.8.5"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "any-llm-sdk" },