diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a2072324d..a81017a83 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+mkdocs-material-8.5.1 (2022-09-15)
+
+  * Fixed #4366: Removed dependencies with native extensions
+
 mkdocs-material-8.5.0+insiders-4.23.4 (2022-09-14)
 
-  * Fixed #4365: Recursion error in blog plugin due to `deepcopy`
+  * Fixed #4365: Recursion error in blog plugin due to deepcopy
   * Fixed path errors for blog plugin on Windows
   * Fixed publishing workflow in forked repositories
 
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ mkdocs-material-8.5.0 (2022-09-13)
 
 mkdocs-material-8.4.4+insiders-4.23.2 (2022-09-13)
 
-  * Fixed #4348: Blog plugin crashes on custom `nav` title
+  * Fixed #4348: Blog plugin crashes on custom nav title
   * Fixed blog plugin crashing when category contained only drafts
   * Fixed rendering of content from blog index file
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog/index.md b/docs/changelog/index.md
index c8fe2eb59..cd35b59d7 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/index.md
+++ b/docs/changelog/index.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ template: overrides/main.html
 
 ## Material for MkDocs
 
+### 8.5.1 <small>_ September 15, 2022</small> { id="8.5.1" }
+
+- Fixed #4366: Removed dependencies with native extensions
+
 ### 8.5.0 <small>_ September 13, 2022</small> { id="8.5.0" }
 
 - Added support for social cards
diff --git a/material/base.html b/material/base.html
index 432add331..9101435ae 100644
--- a/material/base.html
+++ b/material/base.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <link rel="canonical" href="{{ page.canonical_url }}">
       {% endif %}
       <link rel="icon" href="{{ config.theme.favicon | url }}">
-      <meta name="generator" content="mkdocs-{{ mkdocs_version }}, mkdocs-material-8.5.0">
+      <meta name="generator" content="mkdocs-{{ mkdocs_version }}, mkdocs-material-8.5.1">
     {% endblock %}
     {% block htmltitle %}
       {% if page.meta and page.meta.title %}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9a9b6abf7..be6dc05a4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mkdocs-material",
-  "version": "8.5.0",
+  "version": "8.5.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mkdocs-material",
-      "version": "8.5.0",
+      "version": "8.5.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "array-flat-polyfill": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0f2384f8..c580c9786 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mkdocs-material",
-  "version": "8.5.0",
+  "version": "8.5.1",
   "description": "Documentation that simply works",
   "keywords": [
     "mkdocs",