diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa22197..7d689a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 /mod_auth_gssapi-1.6.2.tar.gz
 /mod_auth_gssapi-1.6.3.tar.gz
 /mod_auth_gssapi-1.6.4.tar.gz
+/mod_auth_gssapi-1.6.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-DO-NOT-MERGE-disable-the-mag_verify_config-check.patch b/0001-DO-NOT-MERGE-disable-the-mag_verify_config-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e7030eb..0000000
--- a/0001-DO-NOT-MERGE-disable-the-mag_verify_config-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 5937938ca5122660860000e23c1c1275fb66c59b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
-Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:45:06 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] DO NOT MERGE: disable the mag_verify_config check
-
-This is for downstream, a quick fix for
-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2121952 . Proper fix
-would be to fix the crash.
-
-Signed-off-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
----
- src/mod_auth_gssapi.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/mod_auth_gssapi.c b/src/mod_auth_gssapi.c
-index 99de884..32970b4 100644
---- a/src/mod_auth_gssapi.c
-+++ b/src/mod_auth_gssapi.c
-@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ struct mag_req_cfg *mag_init_cfg(request_rec *req)
-     req_cfg->req = req;
-     req_cfg->cfg = ap_get_module_config(req->per_dir_config,
-                                         &auth_gssapi_module);
--    mag_verify_config(req, req_cfg->cfg);
-+//    mag_verify_config(req, req_cfg->cfg);
- 
-     scfg = ap_get_module_config(req->server->module_config,
-                                 &auth_gssapi_module);
--- 
-2.37.2
-
diff --git a/mod_auth_gssapi.spec b/mod_auth_gssapi.spec
index a2da17d..986f3c5 100644
--- a/mod_auth_gssapi.spec
+++ b/mod_auth_gssapi.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 Name:           mod_auth_gssapi
-Version:        1.6.4
+Version:        1.6.5
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        A GSSAPI Authentication module for Apache
 
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/gssapi/mod_auth_gssapi
 Source0:        https://github.com/gssapi/%{name}/releases/download/v%{version}/%name-%{version}.tar.gz
-# Disable a check added in 1.6.4 which causes crashes
-Patch0:         0001-DO-NOT-MERGE-disable-the-mag_verify_config-check.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  httpd-devel, krb5-devel, openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf, automake, libtool, bison, flex, make
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9721c0d..0c13ccd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (mod_auth_gssapi-1.6.4.tar.gz) = 9e608319daf8303112615781cec6ad897586b0c03c264e70f3bfd44083902d0cdbfe19ff063559f4b3680b81d77e8f9d01cd340ca672ca20057dde510712485d
+SHA512 (mod_auth_gssapi-1.6.5.tar.gz) = 97eb6dff90e686cd5d25c2925987bf51dbdf627720e74105204ec4625455255548414a03599cfd5a85734f5496f6a7b1f09760771a8278e8348e6ca35b6c48d0