From 4c74af0cc83497ff6fa4b5f92252a122f75b6c6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ibraheem-opentensor <ibraheem@opentensor.dev>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:37:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Bumps version and changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md               | 13 +++++++++++++
 VERSION                    |  2 +-
 bittensor/core/settings.py |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3819cdad38..0976792d33 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 8.5.1 /2024-12-16
+
+## What's Changed
+* 8.5.0 bugfixes by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2541
+* Removes substrate call in format_error_message by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2542
+* Remove torch from the weights calls by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2543
+* optional arg fix by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2544
+* async cr3 not implemented by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2545
+* Backmerge master to staging 851 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2546
+* Adds retry in CRv3 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2547
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.5.0...v8.5.1
+
 ## 8.5.0 /2024-12-12
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5eaed3b7ca..e0741a834a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.5.0
\ No newline at end of file
+8.5.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bittensor/core/settings.py b/bittensor/core/settings.py
index 2da8ecb5a1..04d94436ef 100644
--- a/bittensor/core/settings.py
+++ b/bittensor/core/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "8.5.0"
+__version__ = "8.5.1"
 
 import os
 import re