diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 034afa2c..11c4f03c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml</groupId>
       <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>48</version>
+      <version>49</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
     <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-    <version>6.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
     <name>Woodstox</name>
     <description>Woodstox is a high-performance XML processor that implements Stax (JSR-173),
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 800eabce..2a95b390 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Project: woodstox
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+6.5.0 (not yet released)
+
+-
+
 6.4.0 (24-Oct-2022)
 
 #160: Add limit and configuration setting for maximum nesting for DTD subsets