diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
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+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-Lettuce 6.4.0 RELEASE NOTES
+Lettuce 6.5.0 RELEASE NOTES
 ==============================
 
 The Redis team is delighted to announce the general availability of Lettuce 6.5.
 
-Great news everybody! Lettuce 6.5.0 comes with RedisJSON support enabled. For more on that please consult with the [RedisJSON documentation](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/data-types/json/) and the . 
+Great news, everyone! Lettuce 6.5.0 comes with RedisJSON support enabled.
+For more on that, please consult with the [RedisJSON documentation](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/data-types/json/) and the [Lettuce guide on RedisJSON](https://redis.github.io/lettuce/user-guide/redis-json/). 
 
 Lettuce 6 supports Redis 2.6+ up to Redis 7.x. In terms of Java runtime, Lettuce requires
 at least Java 8 and works with Java 21.
@@ -14,45 +15,43 @@ If you need any support, meet Lettuce at
 
 * GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/lettuce-io/lettuce-core/discussions
 * Stack Overflow (Questions): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/lettuce
-* Join the chat at https://discord.gg/redis for general discussion
-* GitHub Issues (Bug reports, feature
-  requests): https://github.com/lettuce-io/lettuce-core/issues
-* Documentation: https://lettuce.io/core/6.4.0.RELEASE/reference/
-* Javadoc: https://lettuce.io/core/6.4.0.RELEASE/api/
+* Join the chat at https://discord.gg/redis and look for the "Help:Tools Lettuce" channel 
+* GitHub Issues (Bug reports, feature requests): https://github.com/lettuce-io/lettuce-core/issues
+* Documentation: https://lettuce.io/core/6.5.0.RELEASE/reference/
+* Javadoc: https://lettuce.io/core/6.5.0.RELEASE/api/
 
 Commands
 --------
 
-* Add `PUBSUB` shard channel commands `SHARDCHANNELS` #2756, `SHARDNUMSUB` #2776
-* Add `PUBSUB` shard channel commands `SPUBLISH` #2757, `SSUBSCRIBE` #2758 and `SUNSUBSCRIBE` #2758
-* Add support for `CLIENT KILL [MAXAGE]` #2782
-* Hash field expiration commands `HEXPIRE`, `HEXPIREAT`, `HEXPIRETIME` and `HPERSIST` #2836
-* Hash field expiration commands `HPEXPIRE`, `HPEXPIREAT`, `HPEXPIRETIME`, `HTTL` and `HPTTL` #2857
+* Add `CLUSTER MYSHARDID` in #2920 and `CLUSTER LINKS` in #2986
+* Add `CLIENT TRACKINGINFO` in #2862
 
 Enhancements
 ------------
 
-* Add support for `HSCAN NOVALUES` #2763
-* Send the `CLIENT SETINFO` command in a fire-and-forget way #2082
-* Change the license to more permissive MIT #2173
-* Add a evalReadOnly overload that accepts the script as a String #2868
-* `XREAD` support for reading last message from stream #2863
-* Mark dnsResolver(DnsResolver) as deprecated  #2855
-* Remove connection-related methods from commands API #2027
-* Move connection-related commands from BaseRedisCommands to RedisConnectionCommands #2031
+* Default ClientOptions.timeoutOptions to TimeoutOptions.enabled() (#2927)
+* Update completeExceptionally on ClusterCommand using super (#2980)
 
 Fixes
 -----
+* fix(2971): spublish typo fix (#2972)
+* Initialize slots with empty BitSet in RedisClusterNode's constructors (#2341)
+* Add defensive copy for Futures allOf() method (#2943)
+* fix:deadlock when reentrant exclusive lock (#2961)
 
-* None
 
 Other
 -----
 
-* Bump `org.apache.commons:commons-pool2` from 2.11.1 to 2.12.0 #2877 
-* Bump `org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess` from 1.21 to 1.37 #2876
-* Bump `org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin` from 3.3.0 to 3.4.1 #2875 
-* Bump `org.codehaus.mojo:flatten-maven-plugin from` 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 #2874
-* Bump `org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin` from 3.6.3 to 3.7.0 #2873
-* Applying code formatter each time we run a Maven build #2841 
-* Bump `setup-java` to v4 #2807 
+* Add badges to the README.md file (#2939)
+* Convert wiki to markdown docs (#2944)
+* Bump org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin from 0.8.9 to 0.8.12 (#2921)
+* Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin from 3.2.5 to 3.3.1 (#2922)
+* Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin from 3.2.5 to 3.3.1 (#2958)
+* Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.7.0 to 3.8.0 (#2957)
+* Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin from 3.3.1 to 3.4.0 (#2968)
+* Bump org.hdrhistogram:HdrHistogram from 2.1.12 to 2.2.2 (#2966)
+* Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin from 3.12.1 to 3.13.0 (#2978)
+* Bump org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom from 2.17.2 to 2.24.0 (#2988)
+* Bump io.netty:netty-bom from 4.1.107.Final to 4.1.113.Final (#2990)
+* Suspected change in ubuntu causing CI failures (#2949)