diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index cefa7b96..aafad35a 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
         <!-- Set the buildnumber to be the revision fetched from the repository, but default to zero for
                 offline work -->
-        <condition property="buildnumber" value="${svn.revision}" else="442">
+        <condition property="buildnumber" value="${svn.revision}" else="445">
             <isset property="svn.revision"/>
         </condition>
 
diff --git a/release_notes.txt b/release_notes.txt
index 5b7cfc6d..39e6e7b9 100644
--- a/release_notes.txt
+++ b/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-                - RomRaider 0.5.6 RC4 -
+                - RomRaider 0.5.6 RC5 -
             Open-Source ECU Tuning -- www.romraider.com
 
 
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@ RomRaider is still in beta status and changing frequently,
 documentation may be incomplete or out of date.
 
 --------------------------------------------
-- 0.5.6 RC4 Notes (12/13/2012) -
+- 0.5.6 RC5 Notes (12/22/2012) -
 --------------------------------------------
 This is the latest release of the RomRaider from the GitHub repo.
 
 --------------------------------------
-- 0.5.6 RC4 Known Issues -
+- 0.5.6 RC5 Known Issues -
 --------------------------------------
 - Editor
   - Pasting table data can cause hangs under certain circumstances
+  - Table Compare to another map fails on large maps such as Base Timing 
 - Logger
   - Pressing the Logger Connect button twice may start a second QueryManger
     instance which will continually try to connect to the ECU while the first
@@ -58,6 +59,16 @@ Status of these items can be viewed at:
 - Change Log -
 --------------
 
+0.5.6 RC5 (12/22/2012)
+----------------------------------
+
+- Editor
+  - partial fix for Table Compare to another map by scotthew
+
+- Logger
+  - fix to handle Registry FILE_NOT_FOUND error response for J2534 device lookup.
+
+
 0.5.6 RC4 (12/13/2012)
 ----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 39c216e3..576a1627 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ version.minor=5
 version.patch=6
 version.buildnumber=${buildnumber}
 version.extra=RC
-version.extra1=4
+version.extra1=5
 
 # the starting class for the application
 class.start=com.romraider.ECUExec