diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt
index ca22534..6c44cb0 100644
--- a/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/RELEASE.txt
@@ -3,19 +3,21 @@
 The following set of tasks should be performed when the dmalloc library gets released.
 
 1) Update the ChangeLog file with the release date.
-2) Run autoconf to make sure configure up to date.
-3) Update the version numbers in the following files:
+2) Update the version numbers in the following files:
 	Changlog
 	README.md
 	configure.ac (in AC_INIT)
 	dmalloc.spec
 	dmalloc.texi
-4) Update doc files: make docs
-5) Consider updating the copyright heads in all files and in chunk.c strings.  Watch for
+3) Run autoconf to make sure configure up to date with new version.
+4) Run configure and make now that autoconf updated:
+	./configure ; make heavy
+5) Update doc files: make docs
+6) Consider updating the copyright heads in all files and in chunk.c strings.  Watch for
    .in, .cc, .dist files:
 	cat * | grep Copyright | sort -u
-6) Check in all files.
-7) Run tests:
+7) Check in all files.
+8) Run tests:
 	- [ maybe mkdir x ; cd x ]
 	- ./configure or ../configure
 	- make all heavy
@@ -24,9 +26,9 @@ The following set of tasks should be performed when the dmalloc library gets rel
 	- make heavy
 	- examine the log file, check version, look for exceptions
 	- [ maybe dmalloc_t -r ] to check for wierd flag conditions
-8) Clone on linux and others and run tests:
+9) Clone on linux and others and run tests:
 	git clone git@github.com:j256/dmalloc.git
-9) Run release.sh script.  It will run tests on repo.
+10) Run release.sh script.  It will run tests on repo.
 11) git tag the release:
 	git tag dmalloc_release_X_X_X
 	git push origin dmalloc_release_X_X_X
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 08da40d..2e98462 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for dmalloc 5.6.4.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for dmalloc 5.6.5.
 #
 # Report bugs to <http://dmalloc.com/>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='dmalloc'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='dmalloc'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='5.6.4'
-PACKAGE_STRING='dmalloc 5.6.4'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='5.6.5'
+PACKAGE_STRING='dmalloc 5.6.5'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='http://dmalloc.com/'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures dmalloc 5.6.4 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures dmalloc 5.6.5 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of dmalloc 5.6.4:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of dmalloc 5.6.5:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-dmalloc configure 5.6.4
+dmalloc configure 5.6.5
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by dmalloc $as_me 5.6.4, which was
+It was created by dmalloc $as_me 5.6.5, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -6423,7 +6423,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by dmalloc $as_me 5.6.4, which was
+This file was extended by dmalloc $as_me 5.6.5, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -6489,7 +6489,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-dmalloc config.status 5.6.4
+dmalloc config.status 5.6.5
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 8eda29c..da177e8 100644
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 
 cwd=`pwd`
-version=`grep dmalloc_version dmalloc.h.2 | cut -f2 -d\"`
+version=`grep dmalloc_version version.h | cut -f2 -d\"`
 dir=dmalloc-$version
 
 head -1 ChangeLog.txt | grep -q $version