diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9a589b3..817623f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+faad2 (2.8.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 2.8.5
+  * Remove faad2_version.patch, upstream has changed the
+    FAAD2_VERSION macro to read 'unknown'.
+  * Refresh reproducible-build.patch.
+  * Add the NeAACDecGetVersion@Base symbol to the libfaad2.symbols file,
+    this function is supposed to be used to get the FAAD2 library
+    version at runtime.
+  * Update debian/copyright for recently added or removed source files.
+  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.1.0.
+
+ -- Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:29:31 +0200
+
 faad2 (2.8.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Set the FAAD2_VERSION macro back to the version string,