diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d5f88efb..9f4a6ce5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.4.64 -->
-## [v4.4.64](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.4.64) (2019-05-31)
+<!-- latest_release 4.4.65 -->
+## [v4.4.65](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.4.65) (2019-05-31)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Mention inspec-bin gem in installation instructions [#4163](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4163) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe))
+- Remove all leading newlines. [#4152](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4152) ([miah](https://github.com/miah))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.3.2 -->
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 - Add inspec-*-bin to the plugin filter list [#4018](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4018) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 4.3.5 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Remove all leading newlines. [#4152](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4152) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 4.4.65 -->
 - Mention inspec-bin gem in installation instructions [#4163](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4163) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 4.4.64 -->
 - Replace Jenkins omnibus build/test pipeline with Buildkite [#4169](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4169) ([jeremiahsnapp](https://github.com/jeremiahsnapp)) <!-- 4.4.63 -->
 - This should fix our licensing failures [#4165](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4165) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.4.62 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8d8791b26..2a9865c2c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4.64
\ No newline at end of file
+4.4.65
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 5f711e2cb..5fb96afd2 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path('../..', __FILE__)
-  VERSION = '4.4.64'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.4.65'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 2a7b07a76..7ea1ba9bd 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = '4.4.64'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.4.65'.freeze
 end