diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index cf4bf4a..8970d11 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.6.5
+-----
+- Updated wait loop to be more responsive under websocket transport
+
 0.6.4
 -----
 - Fixed support for Python 3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8b0f71b..8dc5016 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = '\n\n'.join(LOAD_TEXT(_) for _ in [
 ])
 setup(
     name='socketIO_client',
-    version='0.6.4',
+    version='0.6.5',
     description='A socket.io client library',
     long_description=DESCRIPTION,
     license='MIT',