diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt
index 86df992c6bd57254e1cd946033e611370537b7d5..0a2ed855c5953bacb94eca4e1646e9ed8d2749ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Fixes since v1.7.11.4
  * The Makefile rule to create assembly output (primarily for
    debugging purposes) did not create it next to the source.
 
+ * The code to avoid mistaken attempt to add the object directory
+   itself as its own alternate could read beyond end of a string while
+   comparison.
+
  * On some architectures, "block-sha1" did not compile correctly
    when compilers inferred alignment guarantees from our source we
    did not intend to make.
@@ -25,4 +29,8 @@ Fixes since v1.7.11.4
  * "git mergetool" did not support --tool-help option to give the list
    of supported backends, like "git difftool" does.
 
+ * "git grep" stopped spawning an external "grep" long time ago, but a
+   duplicated test to check internal and external "grep" was left
+   behind.
+
 Also contains minor typofixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 7af8aaa0478239ec14446854bcb52adbd73fc2cf..677eb959959c7f2bb728cabd19505776c069054d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.11.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.11.4]
+* link:v1.7.11.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.11.5]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt[1.7.11.5],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.11.4.txt[1.7.11.4],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.11.3.txt[1.7.11.3],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.11.2.txt[1.7.11.2],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index a9dea5c023d8b0d98ba877ab0f0a1caed4b3505a..bab405644536b0526d34ab82a9af7d2dd83600a1 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.11.4
+DEF_VER=v1.7.11.5
 
 LF='
 '