diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f27c37a..bc4025f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [8.5.0] - 2023-12-06
+### Changed
+- bump to curl 8.5.0
+- bump to alpine 3.18.5
+
 ## [8.4.0] - 2023-10-11
 ### Changed
 - bump to curl 8.4.0
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3663ca3..eb0435a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ container_ids=`buildah ls --format "{{.ContainerID}}"`
 # default setttings for official curl images
 debian_base=docker.io/debian
 fedora_base=docker.io/fedora
-base=docker.io/alpine:3.18.4
+base=docker.io/alpine:3.18.5
 arch=""
 compiler="gcc"
 build_opts=" --enable-static --disable-ldap --enable-ipv6 --enable-unix-sockets -with-ssl --with-libssh2 --with-nghttp2=/usr --with-gssapi"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9da0a09..5eaed3b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.4.0
\ No newline at end of file
+8.5.0
\ No newline at end of file