diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3633303..a795885 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "packages/extended-data": "8.5.0",
+  "packages/extended-data": "8.5.1",
   "packages/pytest-extended-data": "0.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/extended-data/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/extended-data/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a01c2d..639ca3e 100644
--- a/packages/extended-data/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/extended-data/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.5.1](https://github.com/jbcom/extended-data/compare/extended-data-v8.5.0...extended-data-v8.5.1) (2026-08-24)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** classify dependabot updates by metadata ([0a157b9](https://github.com/jbcom/extended-data/commit/0a157b9ac8ba0ce18b8cb33a8178d924b75f897b))
+* **ci:** classify Dependabot updates by metadata ([dc6fbe6](https://github.com/jbcom/extended-data/commit/dc6fbe61765b7be11dc530c60ea50c561108e2d9))
+* **ci:** run policy gate for release PRs ([b086628](https://github.com/jbcom/extended-data/commit/b0866284a5ac3b94a99b5d358c673779d45410ef))
+* **ci:** run policy gate for release PRs ([7c54332](https://github.com/jbcom/extended-data/commit/7c543324cb7743c7c505aceabc34fed7509f8979))
+* **release:** use organization CI identity ([72140a3](https://github.com/jbcom/extended-data/commit/72140a3a9c57a43651388b78d0a1197906258c87))
+* **release:** use organization CI identity ([c342e79](https://github.com/jbcom/extended-data/commit/c342e798c5a2003f115cebad9ad2b43cf2e9fba6))
+
 ## [8.5.0](https://github.com/jbcom/extended-data/compare/extended-data-v8.4.3...extended-data-v8.5.0) (2026-08-24)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/extended-data/pyproject.toml b/packages/extended-data/pyproject.toml
index f5b2e57..6d58aea 100644
--- a/packages/extended-data/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/extended-data/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "extended-data"
-version = "8.5.0"
+version = "8.5.1"
 description = "Comprehensive Python data utilities for serialization, inputs, logging, and workflows"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = { text = "MIT" }