diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 273017f6..8d1dd68d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ncmpcpp-0.6.5 (????-??-??)
+ncmpcpp-0.6.5 (2015-07-05)
 
 * Description of mouse wheel usage on volume is now correct.
 * Configure script now fails if either readline or pthread specific headers are not present.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7915bed8..050044a4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.ac)
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.6.5_pre)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.6.5)
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)