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 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
-project(DaVinci VERSION 65.0
+project(DaVinci VERSION 65.1
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v65r1.md b/ReleaseNotes/v65r1.md
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+2025-02-13 DaVinci v65r1
+===
+
+This version uses
+Moore [v56r2](../../../../Moore/-/tags/v56r2),
+Allen [v5r2](../../../../Allen/-/tags/v5r2),
+Rec [v37r2](../../../../Rec/-/tags/v37r2),
+Lbcom [v36r3](../../../../Lbcom/-/tags/v36r3),
+LHCb [v56r3](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v56r3),
+Gaudi [v39r2](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v39r2),
+Detector [v2r3](../../../../Detector/-/tags/v2r3) and
+LCG [105c](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/105c/) with ROOT 6.30.08.
+
+This version is released on the `master` branch.
+Built relative to DaVinci [v65r0](/../../tags/v65r0), with the following changes:
+
+### New features ~"new feature"
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Fixes ~"bug fix" ~workaround
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Enhancements ~enhancement
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+### Other
+
+- First test of DV with overlap fixes -> TurboSpruce, !1230 (@nskidmor)
+- Fix pipeline build, !1227 (@jonrob)
+- FunTuple/tests/test_functions.py: Remove reference to forced_type, !1226 (@jonrob)
+- Update References for: Detector!643, Rec!4139, Moore!4210, DaVinci!1219 based on lhcb-master-mr/12449, !1224 (@lhcbsoft)
+- Fix 2 broken HltEfficiencyChecker tests, !1222 (@rjhunter)
+- Update track refitting test to include PV coordinate shift, !1219 (@ldufour)
+- Synchronize master branch with 2024-patches, !1201 (@clemenci)