diff --git a/Changelog.yaml b/Changelog.yaml
index 3202773949..e8ee90a98f 100644
--- a/Changelog.yaml
+++ b/Changelog.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #   new recipes:
 #     - title: 
 
-- version: 2.65.0
+- version: 2.65.1
   date: 2016-08-26
 
   new features:
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
     - title: "Fix a regression in the previous release that caused the completion popups for some custom column types in the book list to stop working."
       tickets: [1612640]
 
+    - title: "Version 2.65.1 contains a quick-fix for a typo in 2.65.0 that caused calibre to crash when a device is connected and the cover grid is enabled"
+
   improved recipes:
     - Le Scienze
     - New Yorker
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 52fae66667..d3a43dd59e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 __appname__   = u'calibre'
-numeric_version = (2, 65, 0)
+numeric_version = (2, 65, 1)
 __version__   = u'.'.join(map(unicode, numeric_version))
 __author__    = u"Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"