This is an automated cherry-pick of pingcap#20737

Signed-off-by: ti-chi-bot <ti-community-prow-bot@tidb.io>

Author: qiancai

variables.json

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 {
   "tidb": "TiDB",
+<<<<<<< HEAD
   "tidb-version": "v7.5.6",
   "tidb-release-date": "2025-03-14",
   "starter": "TiDB Cloud Serverless",
+=======
+  "tidb-version": "v8.5.0",
+  "starter": "TiDB Cloud Starter",
+>>>>>>> 5b914804a5 (variables.json: update the value of the starter variable (#20737))
   "essential": "TiDB Cloud Essential",
   "dedicated": "TiDB Cloud Dedicated",
   "console-url": "tidbcloud.com"