diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 76e6f9015..cc5d06e3f 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "6.4",
+  "version": "6.5",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/heads/main$", // we release out of main
     "^refs/heads/rel/v\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release branches starting with vN.N