diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f4bddaf25b9..3137c04d12a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-Release 1.8.5 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
+Release 1.8.5 (released Mar 10, 2019)
+=====================================
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
@@ -32,9 +20,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #6135: changes: Fix UnboundLocalError when any module found
 * #3859: manpage: code-block captions are not displayed correctly
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 1.8.4 (released Feb 03, 2019)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 1c305d02717..990b9e50892 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '1.8.5+'
+__version__ = '1.8.5'
 __released__ = '1.8.5'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (1, 8, 5, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (1, 8, 5, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))