diff --git a/release-announcement.adoc b/release-announcement.adoc
index 09cb7e8525..140a356e3c 100644
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= Hibernate 6.5.0.CR1
+= Hibernate 6.5.0.Final
 Steve Ebersole
 :awestruct-tags: ["Hibernate ORM", "Releases"]
 :awestruct-layout: blog-post
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Steve Ebersole
 :user-guide-url: {docs-url}/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_User_Guide.html
 :ql-guide-url: {docs-url}/querylanguage/html_single/Hibernate_Query_Language.html
 
-6.5 brings many new features, in addition to many improvements and fixes.
+6.5 has gone final!
 
 
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