diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
index 64ee6051..2803e1fb 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+recoll (1.26.5-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
+
+  * Version bump for the new OCR scripts
+  
+ -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:18:00 +0100
+
 recoll (1.26.4-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
 
   * Fixes potential infinite loop in decompression. Other small bug fixes.
diff --git a/src/VERSION b/src/VERSION
index ea0928ce..8fe00a57 100644
--- a/src/VERSION
+++ b/src/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.26.4
+1.26.5