diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5a35730..4771ead 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Changes in version 1.16.5
-Sat Sep 20 2014 Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
+Changes in version 1.16.5 - "End-of-year" release
+Tue Dec 30 2014 Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
 
 + improvement
   * templates/ghc - Silvan Calarco
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9c3e13b..ba97d10 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-List of user visible changes in the release 1.16.5
+List of user visible changes in the release 1.16.5 - "End-of-year" release
 
 -- Improvement
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 625f2eb..45a8134 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION=1.16.4
+VERSION=1.16.5
 RELEASE=1mamba
diff --git a/man/it/autospec.1.in b/man/it/autospec.1.in
index 1b50b0e..fef3ead 100644
--- a/man/it/autospec.1.in
+++ b/man/it/autospec.1.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 \fBlibtest.lib\fR - libreria con le funzioni del framework di test.
 
 .SH VERSIONE
-Questo documento e' aggiornato alla versione 1.16.4 di
+Questo documento e' aggiornato alla versione 1.16.5 di
 .B @package@.
 
 .SH DESCRIZIONE
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ cioe' eseguendo:
 \fBLC_ALL=C autospec\fR ...
 
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (C) 2004\-2012 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
+Copyright (C) 2004\-2014 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
 .br
 .br
 Questo e' software libero. E' possibile redistribuirlo e/o modificarlo nei termini
diff --git a/tests/test01_pkgquality.in b/tests/test01_pkgquality.in
index 38e8b5b..7d1342e 100644
--- a/tests/test01_pkgquality.in
+++ b/tests/test01_pkgquality.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # test01_pkgquality -- @package@ test (rpm quality checks)
-# Copyright (C) 2008,2012,2013 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2008,2012-2014 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
 
 [ -z "$BASH" ] || [ ${BASH_VERSION:0:1} -lt 2 ] &&
    echo $"this script requires bash version 2 or better" >&2 && exit 1
diff --git a/tests/test02_pkgsecurity.in b/tests/test02_pkgsecurity.in
index e866196..828bb47 100644
--- a/tests/test02_pkgsecurity.in
+++ b/tests/test02_pkgsecurity.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # test02_pkgsecurity -- @package@ test (rpm security checks)
-# Copyright (C) 2008,2012 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2008,2012,2014 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
 
 [ -z "$BASH" ] || [ ${BASH_VERSION:0:1} -lt 2 ] &&
    echo $"this script requires bash version 2 or better" >&2 && exit 1