diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-rest-server/Cargo.toml
index 0c60bc54..bfd2d5f7 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "proxmox-rest-server"
 description = "REST server implementation"
-version = "0.8.4"
+version = "0.8.5"
 
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/debian/changelog b/proxmox-rest-server/debian/changelog
index f8d92f2e..f43a259f 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/debian/changelog
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+rust-proxmox-rest-server (0.8.5-1) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * update proxmox-http-client to 0.9.4
+
+  * handle failure in worker task setup correctly to avoid a reference count
+    issue with active workers that can keep an old API daemon alive on reload,
+    e.g. on package upgrade.
+
+  * close race window when updating worker task count
+
+  * increase task index lock timeout to 15s to handle overloaded systems
+    better while still not waiting overly long.
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:11:47 +0100
+
 rust-proxmox-rest-server (0.8.4-1) bookworm; urgency=medium
 
   * add custom handlebars escape fn and skip escaping the '=' charater. This
diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/debian/control b/proxmox-rest-server/debian/control
index ab0a84a2..42ee9f26 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/debian/control
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/debian/control
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ Provides:
  librust-proxmox-rest-server-0+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8.4-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8.4+default-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+ librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8.5-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8.5+default-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: REST server implementation - Rust source code
  Source code for Debianized Rust crate "proxmox-rest-server"
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Depends:
 Provides:
  librust-proxmox-rest-server-0+rate-limited-stream-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8+rate-limited-stream-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8.4+rate-limited-stream-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+ librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8.5+rate-limited-stream-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: REST server implementation - feature "rate-limited-stream"
  This metapackage enables feature "rate-limited-stream" for the Rust proxmox-
  rest-server crate, by pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Depends:
 Provides:
  librust-proxmox-rest-server-0+templates-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8+templates-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8.4+templates-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+ librust-proxmox-rest-server-0.8.5+templates-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: REST server implementation - feature "templates"
  This metapackage enables feature "templates" for the Rust proxmox-rest-server
  crate, by pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.