diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5a950709..c39966ec 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.6.5 (2019-01-05)
+  o MRT table dumps (RFC 6396)
+  o BGP Long-lived graceful restart
+  o Filter: Make ifname attribute modifiable
+  o Improved keeping track of IPv6 link-local addresses
+  o Many bugfixes
+
 Version 1.6.4 (2018-03-22)
   o Basic VRF support
   o Simplified autoconf scripts
@@ -8,7 +15,7 @@ Version 1.6.4 (2018-03-22)
   o RAdv: Support for more specific routes (RFC 4191)
   o RAdv: Proper handling of prefix retraction
   o Filter: Allow silent filter execution
-  o Filter: Fixed stack overflow in BGP mask expressions.
+  o Filter: Fixed stack overflow in BGP mask expressions
   o Several bug fixes
 
 Version 1.6.3 (2016-12-21)
diff --git a/misc/bird.spec b/misc/bird.spec
index 391558f5..df4ccbfa 100644
--- a/misc/bird.spec
+++ b/misc/bird.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
 Name: bird
-Version: 1.6.4
+Version: 1.6.5
 Release: 1
 Copyright: GPL
 Group: Networking/Daemons
diff --git a/sysdep/config.h b/sysdep/config.h
index a79b7c2d..a48fc80d 100644
--- a/sysdep/config.h
+++ b/sysdep/config.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define _BIRD_CONFIG_H_
 
 /* BIRD version */
-#define BIRD_VERSION "1.6.4"
+#define BIRD_VERSION "1.6.5"
 
 /* Include parameters determined by configure script */
 #include "sysdep/autoconf.h"