diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc66d5e..0c5841c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-0.6.5
+
+- stat reports correctly the number of links for a directory.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-0.6.4
 
 - do not lose the setuid bit after a write when the writeback cache is used.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 78b00dc..c1ae18d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.6.4], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.6.5], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])