diff --git a/CHANGES_CORE.txt b/CHANGES_CORE.txt
index 277ba18..07211d8 100644
--- a/CHANGES_CORE.txt
+++ b/CHANGES_CORE.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # API and build change  and fix summaries. Doc corrections
 # and/or changes are not mentioned here; see the commit messages.
 
-2022 Nov 10; version 4.8.4
+2022 Nov 10; version 4.8.5
         Fixes for errors detected by source code scanning
 
 2022 May 11; version 4.8.3
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0448c63..bf39d64 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 set( major_version "4" )		# should be automatically populated from git tag later, but until CI process sets a tag we use this
 set( minor_version "8" )
-set( patch_level "4" )
+set( patch_level "5" )
 
 set( install_root "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" )
 set( install_inc "include/rmr" )
diff --git a/docs/rel-notes.rst b/docs/rel-notes.rst
index 2d81146..cc32339 100644
--- a/docs/rel-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/rel-notes.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 version 4.0.0, the RMR versions should no longer skip.
 
 
-2022 Nov 10; version 4.8.4
+2022 Nov 10; version 4.8.5
 ------------------------------
 
 Fixes for errors detected by source code scanning (RIC-939)