1.8.5
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fce43a3..13aa662 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.8.5
+Wednesday, August 1, 2018
+====================================
+- Major Khmer shaper improvements to better match Microsoft.
+- Indic bug fixes.
+- Internal improvements to atomic operations.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.8.4
 Tuesday, July 17, 2018
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0dd70e6..c439f54 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.8.4],
+        [1.8.5],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout.cc b/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
index 1cb0c3a..c790c3c 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
 /**
  * hb_ot_layout_collect_features:
  *
- * Since: REPLACEME
+ * Since: 1.8.5
  **/
 void
 hb_ot_layout_collect_features (hb_face_t      *face,
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index 09e3c2c..c5092c7 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 
 #define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define HB_VERSION_MINOR 8
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 4
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 5
 
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "1.8.4"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "1.8.5"
 
 #define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
 	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \