diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index ffbccf47d74f..275cb07204b1 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,31 @@ Hibernate 6 Changelog
 
 Note: Please refer to JIRA to learn more about each issue.
 
+Changes in 6.5.0.Final (April 25, 2024)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/32276
+
+** Bug
+    * [HHH-17994] - NPE in MavenPlugin when no classes filter specified
+    * [HHH-17983] - StackOverflowError on 6.5.CR2 with @Proxy(lazy=false), @BatchSize and @ManyToOne
+    * [HHH-17975] - Envers revision cannot be found when the lookup is made based on an Instant
+    * [HHH-17965] - @ElementCollection with @CollectionTable throws o.h.MappingException Foreign key must have same number of columns as the referenced primary key
+    * [HHH-17964] - Hibernate using wrong column order for ElementCollection query when composite ID is present
+    * [HHH-17174] - Teradata Dialect Issue Above Version 14
+
+** Improvement
+    * [HHH-17999] - Avoid runtime reflection for org.hibernate.jdbc.Expectation
+    * [HHH-17993] - Metamodel processing on bootstrap: avoid retrying same metamodel class name multiple times
+    * [HHH-17991] - Reduce overhead from @DialectOverride discovery
+    * [HHH-17988] - MetadataContext should consistently use ClassLoaderService
+    * [HHH-17987] - Improve allocation rate of ReflectHelper#setterMethodOrNull
+    * [HHH-17980] - Excessive contention during getter identification in the ByteBuddy enhancer
+
+** Task
+    * [HHH-17951] - Deprecate Size.LobMultiplier for removal
+
+
 Changes in 6.5.0.CR2 (April 12, 2024)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/gradle/version.properties b/gradle/version.properties
index a3c2b3570529..523813db53a9 100644
--- a/gradle/version.properties
+++ b/gradle/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hibernateVersion=6.5.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+hibernateVersion=6.5.0.Final
\ No newline at end of file