diff --git a/contrib/spec/podman.spec.in b/contrib/spec/podman.spec.in
index 64b27a5a0d..b5b22a3c54 100644
--- a/contrib/spec/podman.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/spec/podman.spec.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 %global shortcommit0 %(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:8})
 
 Name: podman
-Version: 0.8.4
+Version: 0.8.5
 Release: #COMMITDATE#.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
 Summary: Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 License: ASL 2.0
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index e78d836df5..f96b7c63ad 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package version
 
 // Version is the version of the build.
-const Version = "0.8.4"
+const Version = "0.8.5-dev"