diff --git a/.changeset/hot-token-not-required.md b/.changeset/hot-token-not-required.md
deleted file mode 100644
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"webpack-dev-middleware": minor
----
-
-`hot.token` also takes `{ value, required }`. With `required: false` a token is minted (or `value` used) and handed to the injected client as usual, but the endpoint does not refuse a client without it, so a server with policy of its own can compare it in `onConnect` alongside, say, the origins it already allows. The instance's new `hot.tokenRequired` says which applies.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ba306b80..702a54a8e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 8.5.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- `hot.token` also takes `{ value, required }`. With `required: false` a token is minted (or `value` used) and handed to the injected client as usual, but the endpoint does not refuse a client without it, so a server with policy of its own can compare it in `onConnect` alongside, say, the origins it already allows. The instance's new `hot.tokenRequired` says which applies. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#2486](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/pull/2486))
+
 ## 8.4.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 811e0b501..f5f698ab2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "webpack-dev-middleware",
-  "version": "8.4.0",
+  "version": "8.5.0",
   "description": "A development middleware for webpack",
   "keywords": [
     "webpack",