diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dfbab78b0b..f2adc4265a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dfx"
-version = "0.8.4"
+version = "0.8.5-beta.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix",
  "actix-cors",
diff --git a/public/manifest.json b/public/manifest.json
index a4c083ada4..a725a35c38 100644
--- a/public/manifest.json
+++ b/public/manifest.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
         "0.8.1",
         "0.8.2",
         "0.8.3",
-        "0.8.4"
+        "0.8.4",
+        "0.8.5-beta.0"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/src/dfx/Cargo.toml b/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
index 4adce95bba..efdea95101 100644
--- a/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dfx"
-version = "0.8.4"
+version = "0.8.5-beta.0"
 authors = ["DFINITY Team"]
 edition = "2018"
 build = "assets/build.rs"