ProperDocs · oprypin · Mar 16, 2026 · Mar 15, 2026 · Mar 15, 2026 · Mar 15, 2026
diff --git a/docs/about/release-notes.md b/docs/about/release-notes.md
@@ -14,19 +14,45 @@ You can determine your currently installed version using `properdocs --version`:
 
 ```console
 $ properdocs --version
-properdocs, version 1.5.0 from /path/to/properdocs (Python 3.10)
+properdocs, version 1.6.5 from /path/to/properdocs (Python 3.13)
 ```
 
-## Maintenance team
+## Version 1.6.5 (2026-03-15)
 
-The current and past members of the ProperDocs team.
+This is the first version of ProperDocs 🎉
+
+These are the changes compared to MkDocs 1.6.1:
+
+*   The name is changed from "MkDocs" to "ProperDocs". The installation name and the executable are `properdocs` (#12)
+
+*   Support running all `mkdocs.themes` and `mkdocs.plugins` entrypoints *in addition to* all `properdocs.themes` and `properdocs.plugins` entrypoints (#15)
+
+*   Pick up configuration from `properdocs.yml` configuration files, with a fallback to `mkdocs.yml` (#27)
+
+*   Remove all built-in themes - there is no longer any theme installed by default (#24)
+
+*   Fix livereload not being enabled by default for `mkdocs serve` - since `click>8.2.1` (#14)
+
+*   Allow plugins to declare their support of ProperDocs and show a warning message in case they're being run from MkDocs (#21)
+
+*   Drop support for Python 3.8, officially support Python 3.14 (#17)
+
+And other small improvements; see [commit log](https://github.com/properdocs/properdocs/compare/2862536793b3c67d9d83c33e0dd6d50a791928f8...v1.6.5).
+
+---
+
+## Past releases of MkDocs
+
+Thanks to all the past maintainers of MkDocs!
 
 * [@tomchristie](https://github.com/tomchristie/)
 * [@d0ugal](https://github.com/d0ugal/)
 * [@waylan](https://github.com/waylan/)
 * [@oprypin](https://github.com/oprypin/)
 * [@ultrabug](https://github.com/ultrabug/)
 
+The versions below are versions of MkDocs, just for reference.
+
 ## Version 1.6.1 (2024-08-30)
 
 ### Fixed

diff --git a/packages/properdocs-theme-mkdocs/properdocs_theme_mkdocs/__init__.py b/packages/properdocs-theme-mkdocs/properdocs_theme_mkdocs/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.6.1'
+__version__ = '1.6.5'
diff --git a/packages/properdocs-theme-readthedocs/properdocs_theme_readthedocs/__init__.py b/packages/properdocs-theme-readthedocs/properdocs_theme_readthedocs/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.6.1'
+__version__ = '1.6.5'
diff --git a/properdocs/__init__.py b/properdocs/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 
 # For acceptable version formats, see https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/
-__version__ = '1.6.1'
+__version__ = '1.6.5'
diff --git a/properdocs/replacement_warning.py b/properdocs/replacement_warning.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 To avoid these risks, switch to *ProperDocs*, a continuation of MkDocs 1.x and a drop-in replacement that supports your current MkDocs setup.
 Simply install it with `pip install properdocs` and build your site with `properdocs build` instead of the MkDocs equivalents.
 
-For more info visit https://github.com/ProperDocs/properdocs/discussions/123 and https://properdocs.org/
+For more info visit https://github.com/ProperDocs/properdocs/discussions/33 and https://properdocs.org/
 
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		# For acceptable version formats, see https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/
		__version__ = '1.6.1'
		__version__ = '1.6.5'