diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b2e83d2..1c59481b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented below.
 
 The format is based on [keep a changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project uses [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+### [2.8.5] - [2024-05-23]
+### Fixed
+- Fixed initialization of shared pointer in `authenticateSteamAsync`.
+
 ### [2.8.4] - [2023-11-25]
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed an issue where `NRtClient` would throw an exception when connecting over poor Wifi connections.
diff --git a/core/common/BaseClient.cpp b/core/common/BaseClient.cpp
index e50bb329..bf8ba8cd 100644
--- a/core/common/BaseClient.cpp
+++ b/core/common/BaseClient.cpp
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ std::future<NSessionPtr> BaseClient::authenticateSteamAsync(
     bool create,
     const NStringMap& vars)
 {
-    auto promise = std::shared_ptr<std::promise<NSessionPtr>>();
+    auto promise = std::make_shared<std::promise<NSessionPtr>>();
 
     authenticateSteam(token, username, create, vars,
         [=](NSessionPtr session) {
diff --git a/version.cmake b/version.cmake
index 4e7ea3cd..16bdf7c8 100644
--- a/version.cmake
+++ b/version.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Easy to update by CI scripts file containing our version as well as
 # dependent git repos to achieve reproducible builds
 
-set(LIBNAKAMA_VERSION 2.8.4)
+set(LIBNAKAMA_VERSION 2.8.5)