diff --git a/dns/dnsmasq/Makefile b/dns/dnsmasq/Makefile
index be4ff2e379b5..ce494dc57133 100644
--- a/dns/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/dns/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: Steven Honson
 
 PORTNAME=	dnsmasq
-DISTVERSION=	2.84
+DISTVERSION=	2.85
 # Leave the PORTREVISION in even if 0 to avoid accidental PORTEPOCH bumps:
 PORTREVISION=	0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib ${_intllibs} ${ICONV_LIB}
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^lua_/s/lua5\.2/lua-${LUA_VER}/' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/2\.84rc2/2.84/' ${WRKSRC}/VERSION
 
 pre-configure: pretty-print-config
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MIDN}
diff --git a/dns/dnsmasq/distinfo b/dns/dnsmasq/distinfo
index 1c5c55e3afb2..68e571b8cce0 100644
--- a/dns/dnsmasq/distinfo
+++ b/dns/dnsmasq/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1611563398
-SHA256 (dnsmasq-2.84.tar.xz) = 603195c64b73137609b07e1024ae0b37f652b2f5fe467dce66985b3d1850050c
-SIZE (dnsmasq-2.84.tar.xz) = 514216
+TIMESTAMP = 1617893689
+SHA256 (dnsmasq-2.85.tar.xz) = ad98d3803df687e5b938080f3d25c628fe41c878752d03fbc6199787fee312fa
+SIZE (dnsmasq-2.85.tar.xz) = 518316