diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index bac9dbc87..b789a1a02 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+
+## 0.85.0
+
 ### Features
 
 * ⬆ Upgrade version required of Starlette from `0.19.1` to `0.20.4`. Initial PR [#4820](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/4820) by [@Kludex](https://github.com/Kludex).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index d6d159794..167bf4f85 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.84.0"
+__version__ = "0.85.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status