diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edfc9ec1c..d5a300ba3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.65.0] - 2026-10-22
+
+### Features / Changes
+
+- show info message for unpinning ([#8852](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8852)).
+
+### Fixes
+
+- don't ignore `join_next()` errors in `background_fetch_any()`.
+
+### Documentation
+
+- remove outdated sentence saying QR scan aborts started securejoin processes.
+
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- update webpki-roots to 1.0.10.
+- update webpki-roots 0.26.8 to 0.26.11.
+- update rustls-webpki 0.103.15 to 0.103.16.
+- add deny.toml exception for RUSTSEC-2026-0382.
+- remove unused broadcast icon.
+
+### Refactor
+
+- make `message::insert_tombstone()` synchronous.
+- make `insert_into_smtp()` synchronous.
+- make `non_chat_headers()` synchronous.
+- create all keyupdates in a single transaction.
+
 ## [2.64.0] - 2026-10-20
 
 ### API-Changes
@@ -9021,3 +9050,4 @@ https://github.com/chatmail/core/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed
 [2.62.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.61.0..v2.62.0
 [2.63.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.62.0..v2.63.0
 [2.64.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.63.0..v2.64.0
+[2.65.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.64.0..v2.65.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3a2fa1f9a..28820f88f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "astral-tokio-tar",
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
@@ -1461,14 +1461,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 dependencies = [
  "deltachat-jsonrpc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5fb69593a..3764dc01b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.89"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 15a7da3ff..87609ef9d 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
index ef4f65dbe..6b0db6fc6 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 description = "Autogenerate DeltaChat JSON-RPC API bindings at build time"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
index 8c2f2ed97..e044b6c8f 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.65.0-dev"
+  "version": "2.65.0"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index f658f8e64..88c544242 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index be9411e28..3ac584890 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 edition = "2024"
 repository = "https://github.com/chatmail/core"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index f0075bcbd..d11b20854 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-client"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python client for Delta Chat core JSON-RPC interface"
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index f74a711d7..6944dbec4 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index c144f4beb..94f0eedf1 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.65.0-dev"
+  "version": "2.65.0"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 88fb58f11..6938d13f7 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.65.0-dev"
+version = "2.65.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"
diff --git a/release-date.in b/release-date.in
index 80228d2e4..f4264b276 100644
--- a/release-date.in
+++ b/release-date.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2026-10-20
\ No newline at end of file
+2026-10-22
\ No newline at end of file