diff --git a/c2pa-native-version.txt b/c2pa-native-version.txt
index a0eb3636..3979be47 100644
--- a/c2pa-native-version.txt
+++ b/c2pa-native-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c2pa-v0.64.0
+c2pa-v0.65.0
diff --git a/tests/test_unit_tests.py b/tests/test_unit_tests.py
index d0505b48..0a35a70d 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit_tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit_tests.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 class TestC2paSdk(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_sdk_version(self):
-        self.assertIn("0.64.0", sdk_version())
+        self.assertIn("0.65.0", sdk_version())
 
 
 class TestReader(unittest.TestCase):