diff --git a/stringex.gemspec b/stringex.gemspec
index 65544fac..9cc2affd 100644
--- a/stringex.gemspec
+++ b/stringex.gemspec
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
 # Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run 'rake gemspec'
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-# stub: stringex 2.8.4 ruby lib
+# stub: stringex 2.8.5 ruby lib
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "stringex".freeze
-  s.version = "2.8.4"
+  s.version = "2.8.5"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0".freeze) if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.require_paths = ["lib".freeze]
   s.authors = ["Russell Norris".freeze]
-  s.date = "2018-03-13"
+  s.date = "2018-11-06"
   s.description = "Some [hopefully] useful extensions to Ruby's String class. Stringex is made up of three libraries: ActsAsUrl [permalink solution with better character translation], Unidecoder [Unicode to ASCII transliteration], and StringExtensions [miscellaneous helper methods for the String class].".freeze
   s.email = "rsl@luckysneaks.com".freeze
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [