diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e71911452..983d495d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,48 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.85.1, 2025-06-13
+==============================================
+
+* Re-add the option of a singleton to `GIRepository` (#3664, work by
+  Christian Hergert)
+
+* Add support for the `e` flag (O_CLOEXEC) to `g_fopen()` (!4564, work by
+  Luca Bacci and Philip Withnall)
+
+* Make the `sysprof` Meson option yield when using GLib as a subproject (!4659,
+  work by Matthias Clasen)
+
+* Use the Meson built-in `localedir` option (!4661, work by
+  Kleis Auke Wolthuizen)
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+  - #1665 g_file_trash() should return PERMISSION_DENIED if files can't be
+    deleted (Ignacy Kuchciński)
+  - #3664 Lack of g_irepository_get_default() equivalent makes cross-library
+    integration extremely difficult (Christian Hergert)
+  - #3698 Misleading autogenerated hints in the documentation of
+    g_async_queue_pop() (Alicia Boya García)
+  - !4560 glib/gnulib/printf.c: Sync with gnulib
+  - !4564 gstdio: Add support for the `e` flag (O_CLOEXEC) to g_fopen()
+  - !4637 Rework Windows implementation of g_getenv()
+  - !4641 [th/gobj-drop-bit-lock] gobject: drop object_bit_lock() functions
+  - !4642 [th/gobj-empty-notify-queue] gobject: optimize notify-queue handling
+    for a single freeze
+  - !4643 GRegex: apply monospace typeface in description
+  - !4644 gio: add annotations on parameters of 'g_file_monitor_emit_event' and
+    of 'g_vfs_get_file_for_path'
+  - !4645 gregex: Clarify docs for end_pos
+  - !4646 GRegex: update class description
+  - !4649 GAsyncQueue: assert non-null data in push_sorted()
+  - !4650 tests: Add atomics to asyncqueue test global variables
+  - !4651 Meson: Add libglib_static dependency for use in tests
+  - !4652 gobject: clarify in documentation that g_value_set_boxed copies
+  - !4654 Fix buffer overflow in string-test
+  - !4655 gstring: Fix overflow check when expanding the string
+  - !4657 docs: Stop hiding the Unix-like APIs which are in Gio-2.0.gir
+  - !4658 gmarkup: make documentation more discoverable
+  - !4659 Make the sysprof feature yield
+  - !4661 meson: Use the appropriate localedir option
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.85.0, 2025-05-20
 ==============================================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5d141dd5d..df87f0eed 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('glib', 'c',
-  version : '2.85.0',
+  version : '2.85.1',
   # NOTE: See the policy in docs/meson-version.md before changing the Meson dependency
   meson_version : '>= 1.4.0',
   default_options : [