diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 74b42dc49..255fb3363 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.5.0] - 2026-08-03
+
 ### Added
 
 - Optional Prometheus metrics (`stac-fastapi-api[metrics]`) with STAC operation labels at `/_mgmt/metrics`, enabled via `StacApi(add_metrics=True)` ([#958](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/pull/958))
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4c77920fd..f22d756da 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.4.1
+6.5.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99e81e680..6f00c64af 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "stac-fastapi"
-version = "6.4.1"
+version = "6.5.0"
 description = "Python library for building a STAC-compliant FastAPI application."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ explicit_package_bases = true
 exclude = ["tests", ".venv"]
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "6.4.1"
+current_version = "6.5.0"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>\\d+)\\.
     (?P<minor>\\d+)\\.
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/api/stac_fastapi/api/version.py b/stac_fastapi/api/stac_fastapi/api/version.py
index 88d2e8baa..65e0440b4 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/api/stac_fastapi/api/version.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/api/stac_fastapi/api/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Library version."""
 
-__version__ = "6.4.1"
+__version__ = "6.5.0"
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/extensions/stac_fastapi/extensions/version.py b/stac_fastapi/extensions/stac_fastapi/extensions/version.py
index 88d2e8baa..65e0440b4 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/extensions/stac_fastapi/extensions/version.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/extensions/stac_fastapi/extensions/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Library version."""
 
-__version__ = "6.4.1"
+__version__ = "6.5.0"
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/version.py b/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/version.py
index 88d2e8baa..65e0440b4 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/version.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Library version."""
 
-__version__ = "6.4.1"
+__version__ = "6.5.0"