diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 85f0ce59d..29812cb06 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ title: hledger news
 
 # News
 
+## 2011/10/26 hledger-web 0.16.5
+
+  * web: fix a ghc 6.12 incompatibility in Settings.hs
+
 ## 2011/10/24 hledger-web 0.16.4
 
   * web: yet another cabal install fix, fix AppConfig name clash
diff --git a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
index 69093cdea..ee05e6a13 100644
--- a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
+++ b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-web
-version: 0.16.4
+version: 0.16.5
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       A web interface for the hledger accounting tool.
 description: