diff --git a/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh b/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
index 4e7f9a16..5a15a6f6 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 PPA_KEYID=7808CE96D38B9201
 
-RCLVERS=1.28.4
+RCLVERS=1.28.5
 SCOPEVERS=1.20.2.4
 GSSPVERS=1.1.0
 PPAVERS=1
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ check_recoll_orig()
 ####### QT
 debdir=debian
 series="xenial bionic focal groovy"
-#series=
+series=xenial
 
 if test "X$series" != X ; then
     check_recoll_orig
diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
index 6c9b6a65..f6cfed0a 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-recoll (1.28.4-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
+recoll (1.28.5-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
 
   * Fix error in 1.28.3 which broke indexing RTF files with a .doc extension.
   * Allow phrase and proximity searches with multiword synonyms.
+  * an 1.28.4 with a trivial crash briefly existed
   
- -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0100
+ -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0100
 
 recoll (1.28.3-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/src/VERSION b/src/VERSION
index 15b13fd6..82a5f3bb 100644
--- a/src/VERSION
+++ b/src/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.28.4
+1.28.5
diff --git a/src/common/autoconfig-win.h b/src/common/autoconfig-win.h
index 6faa2b3f..f71493ca 100644
--- a/src/common/autoconfig-win.h
+++ b/src/common/autoconfig-win.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_NAME "Recoll"
 
 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_STRING "Recoll 1.28.4"
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "Recoll 1.28.5"
 
 /* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "recoll"
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_URL ""
 
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.28.4"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.28.5"
 
 /* putenv parameter is const */
 /* #undef PUTENV_ARG_CONST */