diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 39aeb62b8..451bf9495 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 commit = False
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
-current_version = 6.5.0.dev0
+current_version = 6.5.0
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<dev>\d+))?
 serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}.{release}{dev}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2aa1db454..d1c411c83 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+6.5.0 (2018-01-15)
+------------------
+* [Core] Fixed missing deprecation on `processors.SanitizePasswordsProcessor`
+* [Core] Improve exception handling in `Serializer.transform`
+* [Core] Fixed `celery.register_logger_signal` ignoring subclasses
+* [Core] Fixed sanitizer skipping `byte` instances
+* [Lambda] Fixed `AttributeError` when `requestContext` not present
+
 6.4.0 (2017-12-11)
 ------------------
 * [Core] Support for defining `sanitized_keys` on the client (pr/990)
diff --git a/raven/__init__.py b/raven/__init__.py
index fb557aa26..b16544bc0 100644
--- a/raven/__init__.py
+++ b/raven/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ('VERSION', 'Client', 'get_version')
 
-VERSION = '6.5.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '6.5.0'
 
 
 def _get_git_revision(path):