diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5922f269bf2..edf3ded35ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.6.5]
+- republish 3.6.4 as non beta. no differences
+
 ## [3.6.4]
 - fix(fabric.Image): fix safari drawing bug for using drawImage outside element boundaries #6326
 - fix(fabric.Itext): fix copy paste of text with style #6418
diff --git a/HEADER.js b/HEADER.js
index 032827a7b47..8e583b67b6d 100644
--- a/HEADER.js
+++ b/HEADER.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*! Fabric.js Copyright 2008-2015, Printio (Juriy Zaytsev, Maxim Chernyak) */
 
-var fabric = fabric || { version: '3.6.4' };
+var fabric = fabric || { version: '3.6.5' };
 if (typeof exports !== 'undefined') {
   exports.fabric = fabric;
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d1c9d3842b..f2c151c1832 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "fabric",
   "description": "Object model for HTML5 canvas, and SVG-to-canvas parser. Backed by jsdom and node-canvas.",
   "homepage": "http://fabricjs.com/",
-  "version": "3.6.4",
+  "version": "3.6.5",
   "authors": "Juriy Zaytsev <kangax@gmail.com>",
   "contributors": [
     {
diff --git a/publish.js b/publish.js
index 8f1c037ada9..dc5c62e6789 100644
--- a/publish.js
+++ b/publish.js
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ var pkgObject = JSON.parse(pkgText); // parsed pkg to override its fields
 var args = process.argv.slice(2).join(' '); // args will be passed to npm publish (like --dry-run)
 var preRelease = process.env.PRE_RELEASE;
 
+console.log(preRelease);
+
 // allow publishing of pre-releases with beta tag
-if (preRelease) {
+if (preRelease === 'false') {
   args = '--tag beta ' + args;
 }