diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7704772f0..298c1a527 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## Release 8.5.0
+
 * [PR #548](https://github.com/chef/ohai/548):
   Coerce non-UTF8 strings to UTF8 in output to suppress UTF8 encoding exceptions
 
+* [PR #544](https://github.com/chef/ohai/pull/544)
+  add support for Wind River Linux and Cisco's Nexus platforms
+
 ## Release 8.4.0
 
 * Correctly skip unwanted DMI information
diff --git a/lib/ohai/version.rb b/lib/ohai/version.rb
index 7d639f8f0..d9c2d7767 100644
--- a/lib/ohai/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ohai/version.rb
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 
 module Ohai
   OHAI_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
-  VERSION = '8.4.0'
+  VERSION = '8.5.0'
 end