diff --git a/development/dkms/dkms.SlackBuild b/development/dkms/dkms.SlackBuild
index a03ba73ac7..bea2f66836 100644
--- a/development/dkms/dkms.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/dkms/dkms.SlackBuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=dkms
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.5}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/development/dkms/dkms.info b/development/dkms/dkms.info
index 63007f72d8..b1aa1c362c 100644
--- a/development/dkms/dkms.info
+++ b/development/dkms/dkms.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="dkms"
-VERSION="2.8.4"
+VERSION="2.8.5"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/dell/dkms"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/dell/dkms/archive/v2.8.4/dkms-2.8.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="e34ff7b6d104f872a6af92c47c244715"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/dell/dkms/archive/v2.8.5/dkms-2.8.5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="9690a1f3ce29e5a80d51e1b7bab1ba0e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""