diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c4bf51a72..2b097b290 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.8.4"
+  ".": "2.8.5"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 731152c1b..db9e19303 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.8.5](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-plugins/compare/v2.8.4...v2.8.5) (2025-11-14)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* ensure commons-lang3 v3.18.0 used for gradle ([#1058](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-plugins/issues/1058)) ([2ad9903](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-plugins/commit/2ad99037f0cb1be576ff906996ed819b84883aec))
+* upgrade commons-io to 2.20.0 ([#1056](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-plugins/issues/1056)) ([40b5cfa](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-plugins/commit/40b5cfab7391c1a09a5bb70dc73d821d47fd0e13))
+
 ## [2.8.4](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-plugins/compare/v2.8.3...v2.8.4) (2025-10-20)
 
 
diff --git a/app-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/app-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 74f701d52..2adb40144 100644
--- a/app-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat.FULL
  */
 
 group = "com.google.cloud.tools"
-version = "2.8.5-SNAPSHOT" // {x-version-update:app-gradle-plugin:current}
+version = "2.8.5" // {x-version-update:app-gradle-plugin:current}
 
 plugins {
   id("java")
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ java {
 dependencies {
   implementation(localGroovy())
   implementation(gradleApi())
-  api("com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-plugins-core:0.13.5-SNAPSHOT") // {x-version-update:appengine-plugins-core:current}
+  api("com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-plugins-core:0.13.5") // {x-version-update:appengine-plugins-core:current}
 
   implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.18.0")
   implementation("commons-io:commons-io:2.20.0")
diff --git a/app-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/app-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 2b1c9cbb9..051ac9b65 100644
--- a/app-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/app-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:app-maven-plugin:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:app-maven-plugin:current} -->
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
   <name>App Engine Maven Plugin</name>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>appengine-plugins-core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.13.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:appengine-plugins-core:current} -->
+      <version>0.13.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:appengine-plugins-core:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/appengine-plugins-core/pom.xml b/appengine-plugins-core/pom.xml
index 669f427b3..40a570c86 100644
--- a/appengine-plugins-core/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine-plugins-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>appengine-plugins-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.13.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:appengine-plugins-core:current} -->
+  <version>0.13.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:appengine-plugins-core:current} -->
 
   <name>App Engine Plugins Core Library</name>
   <description>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83bfccc2a..c2fc7521d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>appengine-plugins-core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.13.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:appengine-plugins-core:current} -->
+      <version>0.13.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:appengine-plugins-core:current} -->
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <!-- Do not deploy the aggregator POM -->
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index ce8d764a7..186848a4b 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-app-maven-plugin:2.8.4:2.8.5-SNAPSHOT
-app-gradle-plugin:2.8.4:2.8.5-SNAPSHOT
-appengine-plugins-core:0.13.4:0.13.5-SNAPSHOT
+app-maven-plugin:2.8.5:2.8.5
+app-gradle-plugin:2.8.5:2.8.5
+appengine-plugins-core:0.13.5:0.13.5