diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f438f18b1..cab0de8c1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ENDMACRO(jsoncpp_parse_version)
 #SET( JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR X )
 #SET( JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR Y )
 #SET( JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH Z )
-SET( JSONCPP_VERSION 1.6.4 )
+SET( JSONCPP_VERSION 1.6.5 )
 jsoncpp_parse_version( ${JSONCPP_VERSION} JSONCPP_VERSION )
 #IF(NOT JSONCPP_VERSION_FOUND)
 #    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to parse version string properly. Expect X.Y.Z")
diff --git a/include/json/version.h b/include/json/version.h
index bce0a37e6..9df36d7cd 100644
--- a/include/json/version.h
+++ b/include/json/version.h
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 #ifndef JSON_VERSION_H_INCLUDED
 # define JSON_VERSION_H_INCLUDED
 
-# define JSONCPP_VERSION_STRING "1.6.4"
+# define JSONCPP_VERSION_STRING "1.6.5"
 # define JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 # define JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR 6
-# define JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH 4
+# define JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH 5
 # define JSONCPP_VERSION_QUALIFIER
 # define JSONCPP_VERSION_HEXA ((JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR << 24) | (JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR << 16) | (JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH << 8))
 
diff --git a/version b/version
index 9edc58bb1..9f05f9f2c 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.4
+1.6.5