diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5b65b4..7f959cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@
 
 ## Version History / Release Notes
 
+* v0.8.5 (2019-07-04)
+     * [GitHub issue #25](https://github.com/dpranke/pyjson5/issues/25):
+       Add LICENSE and README.md to the dist.
+     * [GitHub issue #26](https://github.com/dpranke/pyjson5/issues/26):
+       Fix printing of empty arrays and objects with indentation, fix
+       misreporting of the position on parse failures in some cases.
 * v0.8.4 (2019-06-11)
     * Updated the version history, too.
 * v0.8.3 (2019-06-11)
diff --git a/json5/version.py b/json5/version.py
index 58b2468..96ebc7a 100644
--- a/json5/version.py
+++ b/json5/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-VERSION = '0.8.4'
+VERSION = '0.8.5'