diff --git a/ChangeLog-6.5.md b/ChangeLog-6.5.md
index 5fb1dfe1956..6a78b4b32f3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-6.5.md
+++ b/ChangeLog-6.5.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 6.5 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
-## [6.5.9] - 2018-MM-DD
+## [6.5.9] - 2018-07-03
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/Runner/Version.php b/src/Runner/Version.php
index 387fcf132b7..5567c8808b4 100644
--- a/src/Runner/Version.php
+++ b/src/Runner/Version.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public static function id()
         }
 
         if (self::$version === null) {
-            $version       = new VersionId('6.5.8', \dirname(\dirname(__DIR__)));
+            $version       = new VersionId('6.5.9', \dirname(\dirname(__DIR__)));
             self::$version = $version->getVersion();
         }