diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 74f139e74d..ab140541b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Feb  9 07:28:43 2012  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* test/pathname/test_pathname.rb: not read but binread.
+	  patched by Benoit Daloze, [ruby-core:42440] [Bug #5984]
+
 Wed Feb  8 22:29:59 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* string.c (rb_str_modify_expand): fix memory leak.
diff --git a/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb b/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
index ac9b415022..8a8c0d9844 100644
--- a/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
+++ b/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ class TestPathname < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_binread
     with_tmpchdir('rubytest-pathname') {|dir|
       open("a", "w") {|f| f.write "abc" }
-      assert_equal("abc", Pathname("a").read)
+      assert_equal("abc", Pathname("a").binread)
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 0a43fbcf47..0e486b8b5f 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "1.9.3"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 69
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 70
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2012-02-09"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2012