diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index d5b9840c..5b57d8ce 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Release Notes
 PlatformIO 2.0
 --------------
 
-2.8.5 (2016-03-??)
+2.8.5 (2016-03-07)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * Project generator for `NetBeans IDE <http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/ide/netbeans.html>`__
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 92ab3db3..710fdf6a 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (2, 8, "5.dev3")
+VERSION = (2, 8, 5)
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"