Prepare for 2.6.5
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index e0d64ff..6e2246b 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.6.5 (not yet released)
+2.6.5 (19-Jan-2016)
 
 #1052: Don't generate a spurious NullNode after parsing an embedded object
  (reported by philipa@github)