diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3f0b03ab346893db5e3e07e4cfadf2b24bd20a5e..ff6f698990cf47386921a9e89a8061c155d8d2b7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+3.6.5
+=====
+
+Distributors: use 3.6.5 instead of 3.6.4
+Fix regression rendering LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org entry backgrounds
+
 3.6.4
 =====
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a1d4e7c3bd740d673b8951e233e38647d82f645b..11b6f1c528f98a05cfbeea7707c7a8bc6bd0b29d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.53)
 
-AC_INIT([gnome-themes-standard], [3.6.4],
+AC_INIT([gnome-themes-standard], [3.6.5],
         [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-themes-standard])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 tar-ustar foreign dist-xz no-dist-gzip])