diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 43c134489..5a5af98d8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Bullet Collision Detection and Physics Library version 2.64
+Bullet Collision Detection and Physics Library version 2.65
 http://bullet.sourceforge.net
 
diff --git a/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h b/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
index 85dfaf3eb..09c4302f1 100644
--- a/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
+++ b/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ subject to the following restrictions:
 #include <cfloat>
 #include <float.h>
 
+#define BT_BULLET_VERSION 265
 
 inline int	btGetVersion()
 {
-	return 264;
+	return BT_BULLET_VERSION;
 }
 
 #ifdef WIN32