diff --git a/lam-packaging/debian/changelog b/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
index 2a62b89f..2ea02c33 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-ldap-account-manager (6.5.DEV-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+ldap-account-manager (6.5.RC1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * new upstream release
   * Fix "Embedded code copies" by adding dependency to phpseclib
     (phpLDAPadmin code is customized and cannot be reused)
     (Closes: #781419)
 
- -- Roland Gruber <post@rolandgruber.de>  Thu, 28 Jun 2018 13:35:58 +0200
+ -- Roland Gruber <post@rolandgruber.de>  Thu, 06 Sep 2018 17:45:31 +0200
 
 ldap-account-manager (6.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/lam/VERSION b/lam/VERSION
index a124b8f0..09dc4cf3 100644
--- a/lam/VERSION
+++ b/lam/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.5.DEV
+6.5.RC1