diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 5ee38351..6d24ff0a 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ latest changes in development for next release
 ----------------------------------------------
 
 .. THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING; ADD YOUR UNRELEASED CHANGES HERE!
+1.6.5
+-------------------
 1.6.4
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index dc2eb6dd..a4a0b521 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-release = version = "1.6.4"
+release = version = "1.6.5"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 51c660d4..7d0b8f72 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.4
+current_version = 1.6.5
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0491a97..b9834138 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def parse_requirements(requirements_filename):
 
 setup(
     name=textract.__name__,
-    version="1.6.4",
+    version="1.6.5",
     description="extract text from any document. no muss. no fuss.",
     long_description=long_description,
     url=github_url,
diff --git a/textract/__init__.py b/textract/__init__.py
index f80201cb..046c067c 100644
--- a/textract/__init__.py
+++ b/textract/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from .parsers import process
 
-VERSION = "1.6.4"
+VERSION = "1.6.5"