diff --git a/python/phonenumbers/__init__.py b/python/phonenumbers/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/python/phonenumbers/__init__.py
+++ b/python/phonenumbers/__init__.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ from .phonenumbermatcher import PhoneNumberMatch, PhoneNumberMatcher, Leniency
 
 # Version number is taken from the upstream libphonenumber version
 # together with an indication of the version of the Python-specific code.
-__version__ = "8.5.0"
+__version__ = "8.5.1"
 
 __all__ = ['PhoneNumber', 'CountryCodeSource', 'FrozenPhoneNumber',
            'REGION_CODE_FOR_NON_GEO_ENTITY', 'NumberFormat', 'PhoneNumberDesc', 'PhoneMetadata',
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