diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b525caf..5ea2e47e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { "name": "pg",
-  "version": "0.8.4",
+  "version": "0.8.5",
   "description": "PostgreSQL client - pure javascript & libpq with the same API",
   "keywords" : ["postgres", "pg", "libpq", "postgre", "database", "rdbms"],
   "homepage": "http://github.com/brianc/node-postgres",