diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29cee02759b6bf19f06ee3784aff0a2da1d31933..0e831d9a792e69a95d00bd37e0ff0b3ca67c0f8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Upcoming version:
 -----------------
+  - updating gradle scmversion plugin (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - added contribution guidelines (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - moving gradle changelog tasks to separate buildscript (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - fixing problems in changelog generation (again) (Nikolaus Krismer)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6714901e182db2478ffeb5c5d2ddc168e45363ba..b10c13deb1b7207fbc0570fbfc2aa69c2ee80f57 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
 plugins {
 	id 'com.bmuschko.vagrant' version '2.0'
 	id 'com.kageiit.url-cache' version '1.0.0'
-	id 'de.ploing.scmversion' version '0.6.3'
+	id 'de.ploing.scmversion' version '0.6.5'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'