diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6b54f2f..52b0802 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@
 * Change improve log clarity of anime group validation and fix its validation
 
 
+### 0.21.40 (2020-07-20 22:00:00 UTC)
+
+* Change allow Python 3.8.5
+
+
 ### 0.21.39 (2020-07-14 01:15:00 UTC)
 
 * Change allow Python 3.8.4
diff --git a/sickgear.py b/sickgear.py
index 05e670e..72dc408 100755
--- a/sickgear.py
+++ b/sickgear.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', module=r'.*fuzzywuzzy.*')
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', module=r'.*ssl_.*', message='.*SSLContext object.*')
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', module=r'.*zoneinfo.*', message='.*file or directory.*')
 
-versions = [((2, 7, 9), (2, 7, 18)), ((3, 7, 1), (3, 8, 4))]  # inclusive version ranges
+versions = [((2, 7, 9), (2, 7, 18)), ((3, 7, 1), (3, 8, 5))]  # inclusive version ranges
 if not any(list(map(lambda v: v[0] <= sys.version_info[:3] <= v[1], versions))) and not int(os.environ.get('PYT', 0)):
     print('Python %s.%s.%s detected.' % sys.version_info[:3])
     print('Sorry, SickGear requires a Python version %s' % ', '.join(map(