diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..309ba181b27e7a5e58925824964b69c9c683538f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+GIT v1.6.5.1 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.5
+------------------
+
+ * An corrupt pack could make codepath to read objects into an
+   infinite loop.
+
+ * Download throughput display was always shown in KiB/s but on fast links
+   it is more appropriate to show it in MiB/s.
+
+ * "git grep -f filename" used uninitialized variable and segfaulted.
+
+ * "git clone -b branch" gave a wrong commit object name to post-checkout
+   hook.
+
+ * "git pull" over http did not work on msys.
+
+Other minor documentation updates are included.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index d97aaf5bf8a2973f68e8bad308ae7a7fba1bf36b..d11c5c16510025b93cf88bc97e95aa008169434c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
 * link:v1.6.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt[1.6.5.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.5.txt[1.6.5].
 
 * link:v1.6.4.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4.4]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 08e6073f33f321f218fc2b4478d939c2469bbcf5..d11e43cf31567383bcaf91fcfb95e737f1309520 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.6.5
+DEF_VER=v1.6.5.1
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index b62449d2e22829f8bcbe404a48ff8f62c47eebd9..dda06d1d8f65f894a365bfb956d0c4dcbdf29d54 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt
\ No newline at end of file