diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9ed68daf..e0cc7a3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
-6.5.0 (unreleased)
+6.5.0 (2024-02-26)
 ******************
 
 Bug fixes:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e08672f9..84e6ee9a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "apispec"
-version = "6.4.0"
+version = "6.5.0"
 description = "A pluggable API specification generator. Currently supports the OpenAPI Specification (f.k.a. the Swagger specification)."
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }