diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc2dfc15c0..1d4096e196 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.8.5] - 2026-02-23
+
+### Fixed
+
+- 🚫 **Model access KeyError fix.** The /api/models endpoint no longer crashes with a 500 error when models have incomplete info metadata missing the user_id field (e.g. models using global default metadata).
+- 🔄 **Frontend initialization resilience.** The app layout now gracefully handles individual API failures during initialization (getModels, getBanners, getTools, getUserSettings, setToolServers) instead of blocking the entire page load when any single call fails.
+- 🛡️ **Backend config null safety.** Language detection during app initialization no longer crashes when the backend config fetch fails, preventing a secondary cause of infinite loading.
+
 ## [0.8.4] - 2026-02-23
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 467452cac3..b77dca902a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "open-webui",
-	"version": "0.8.4",
+	"version": "0.8.5",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "open-webui",
-			"version": "0.8.4",
+			"version": "0.8.5",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@azure/msal-browser": "^4.5.0",
 				"@codemirror/lang-javascript": "^6.2.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4f677ee7f..8c024b76e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "open-webui",
-	"version": "0.8.4",
+	"version": "0.8.5",
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev": "npm run pyodide:fetch && vite dev --host",