diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 12cea2d..537f5b4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SPARQLWrapper's changelog
 =========================
 
-2019-XX-XX  1.8.5
+2019-12-22  1.8.5
 -----------------
 - Improve/tests for development (#131)
 - Changed. Be more strict on Accept Turtle header (#137)
diff --git a/SPARQLWrapper/__init__.py b/SPARQLWrapper/__init__.py
index d35bebd..0ba7aea 100644
--- a/SPARQLWrapper/__init__.py
+++ b/SPARQLWrapper/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.8.5.dev0"
+__version__ = "1.8.5"
 """The version of SPARQLWrapper"""
 
 __authors__ = "Ivan Herman, Sergio Fernández, Carlos Tejo Alonso, Alexey Zakhlestin"