diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66a7e42..a5870c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.8.5 (2022-03-07)
+------------------
+
+ - improve documentation
+
 0.8.4 (2022-02-11)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index 21864b1..4c062c5 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.8.4';
+our $VERSION = '0.8.5';
 
 use English;
 use Getopt::Long;