diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index a3b0285d7bae..e3bc85766801 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def wordpress_ui
 end
 
 def wordpress_kit
-  pod 'WordPressKit', '~> 8.4-beta'
+  pod 'WordPressKit', '~> 8.5-beta'
   # pod 'WordPressKit', git: 'https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPressKit-iOS.git', branch: ''
   # pod 'WordPressKit', git: 'https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPressKit-iOS.git', tag: ''
   # pod 'WordPressKit', git: 'https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPressKit-iOS.git', commit: ''
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index 606137ac1bd2..d9a03e87fc47 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ PODS:
     - WordPressKit (~> 8.0-beta)
     - WordPressShared (~> 2.1-beta)
     - WordPressUI (~> 1.7-beta)
-  - WordPressKit (8.4.0):
+  - WordPressKit (8.5.0-beta.2):
     - Alamofire (~> 4.8.0)
     - NSObject-SafeExpectations (~> 0.0.4)
     - UIDeviceIdentifier (~> 2.0)
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - SwiftLint (~> 0.50)
   - WordPress-Editor-iOS (~> 1.19.8)
   - WordPressAuthenticator (~> 6.1-beta)
-  - WordPressKit (~> 8.4-beta)
+  - WordPressKit (~> 8.5-beta)
   - WordPressShared (~> 2.2-beta)
   - WordPressUI (~> 1.12.5)
   - WPMediaPicker (~> 1.8-beta)
@@ -623,7 +623,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
 SPEC REPOS:
   https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/cocoapods-specs.git:
     - WordPressAuthenticator
-    - WordPressKit
   trunk:
     - Alamofire
     - AlamofireImage
@@ -662,6 +661,7 @@ SPEC REPOS:
     - UIDeviceIdentifier
     - WordPress-Aztec-iOS
     - WordPress-Editor-iOS
+    - WordPressKit
     - WordPressShared
     - WordPressUI
     - WPMediaPicker
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   WordPress-Aztec-iOS: 7d11d598f14c82c727c08b56bd35fbeb7dafb504
   WordPress-Editor-iOS: 9eb9f12f21a5209cb837908d81ffe1e31cb27345
   WordPressAuthenticator: b0b900696de5129a215adcd1e9ae6eb89da36ac8
-  WordPressKit: f445e6fc3c63ddf611513a435408f86fdf3808b3
+  WordPressKit: 31f5a9809b9c732e0da517967d8a94de725c15e6
   WordPressShared: 87f3ee89b0a3e83106106f13a8b71605fb8eb6d2
   WordPressUI: c5be816f6c7b3392224ac21de9e521e89fa108ac
   WPMediaPicker: 0d40b8d66b6dfdaa2d6a41e3be51249ff5898775
@@ -895,6 +895,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ZendeskSupportSDK: 3a8e508ab1d9dd22dc038df6c694466414e037ba
   ZIPFoundation: ae5b4b813d216d3bf0a148773267fff14bd51d37
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 623e3fe64f67d2c0352e26d1ac2bcd58c06b3494
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: dd2923ba0655d06a0e85bdf9aa0d38304e8f087e
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.12.1