diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index dc3dcc149..6e80b1a98 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ development at the same time, such as 4.5.x and 5.0.
     ..  Version 9.8.1 — 2027-07-27
     ..  --------------------------
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+.. _changes_6-5-0:
+
+Version 6.5.0 — 2022-09-29
+--------------------------
 
 - The JSON report now includes details of which branches were taken, and which
   are missing for each file. Thanks, Christoph Blessing (`pull 1438`_). Closes
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8695d2984..16b8b849a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Coverage.py runs on these versions of Python:
 
 .. PYVERSIONS
 
-* CPython 3.7 through 3.11.0 rc1.
+* CPython 3.7 through 3.11.0 rc2.
 * PyPy3 7.3.8.
 
 Documentation is on `Read the Docs`_.  Code repository and issue tracker are on
diff --git a/coverage/version.py b/coverage/version.py
index 990030615..418407db0 100644
--- a/coverage/version.py
+++ b/coverage/version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # This file is exec'ed in setup.py, don't import anything!
 
 # Same semantics as sys.version_info.
-version_info = (6, 4, 5, "alpha", 0)
+version_info = (6, 5, 0, "final", 0)
 
 
 def _make_version(major, minor, micro, releaselevel, serial):
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 2f728fadc..c9599e0ee 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y.Z version.                                 # CHANGEME
-version = "6.4.4"
+version = "6.5.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.          # CHANGEME
-release = "6.4.4"
+release = "6.5.0"
 # The date of release, in "monthname day, year" format.    # CHANGEME
-release_date = "August 16, 2022"
+release_date = "September 29, 2022"
 
 rst_epilog = """
 .. |release_date| replace:: {release_date}
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 2eb892412..da1562a99 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ supported on:
 
 .. PYVERSIONS
 
-* Python versions 3.7 through 3.11.0 rc1.
+* Python versions 3.7 through 3.11.0 rc2.
 
 * PyPy3 7.3.8.