diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
index d6f24fb89d0d3d7cbd9464b721ab0246b38897bb..553b6d782a64e44d14259200ad3dc6b7b831534b 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ use base qw( Exporter );
 
 our @EXPORT = qw( software_version );
 
-my $API_VERSION = 84;
+my $API_VERSION = 85;
 
 sub software_version { return $API_VERSION }
 
diff --git a/sql/patch_84_85_a.sql b/sql/patch_84_85_a.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..40c530b29cbb84b1403b691571adfee7c005fcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/patch_84_85_a.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+-- Copyright [1999-2016] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
+--
+-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+-- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+-- You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+-- limitations under the License.
+
+# patch_84_85_a.sql
+#
+# Title: Update schema version.
+#
+# Description:
+#   Update schema_version in meta table to 85.
+
+UPDATE meta SET meta_value='85' WHERE meta_key='schema_version';
+
+# Patch identifier
+INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value)
+  VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_84_85_a.sql|schema_version');
diff --git a/sql/table.sql b/sql/table.sql
index 49b572a9d417007c7009231db7df012fbd756f71..728a0dcb158678cb1586336cf9fcac66949942bb 100755
--- a/sql/table.sql
+++ b/sql/table.sql
@@ -302,21 +302,13 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS meta (
 # Add schema type and schema version to the meta table.
 INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES
   (NULL, 'schema_type',     'core'),
-  (NULL, 'schema_version',  '84');
+  (NULL, 'schema_version',  '85');
 
 # Patches included in this schema file:
 # NOTE: At start of release cycle, remove patch entries from last release.
 # NOTE: Avoid line-breaks in values.
 INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value)
-  VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_83_84_a.sql|schema_version');
-INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value)
-  VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_83_84_b.sql|xref.version_default');
-INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value)
-  VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_83_84_c.sql|protein_feature_unique');
-INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value)
-  VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_83_84_d.sql|longer_synonym');
-INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value)
-  VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_83_84_e.sql|nullable_versions');
+  VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_84_85_a.sql|schema_version');
 
 
 /**