diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index dbb971eaa4..e22134d62f 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.6.5](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/compare/v3.6.4...v3.6.5) (2023-11-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add decodeuricomponent to parse uri encoded special characters in host, username, password and datbase keys ([#2277](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/2277)) ([fe573ad](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/fe573addffa64a842ae37994fcd8879cefa933f2))
+
 ## [3.6.4](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/compare/v3.6.3...v3.6.4) (2023-11-21)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 737078bb7f..4ad8c1bed6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mysql2",
-  "version": "3.6.4",
+  "version": "3.6.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mysql2",
-      "version": "3.6.4",
+      "version": "3.6.5",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "denque": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b27670330..015dd36e88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mysql2",
-  "version": "3.6.4",
+  "version": "3.6.5",
   "description": "fast mysql driver. Implements core protocol, prepared statements, ssl and compression in native JS",
   "main": "index.js",
   "directories": {