diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 08961f2..dd765d4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0.16.5 (2023-01-07)
+-------------------
+- PR #467 - thanks to Slarag
+- fix #465
+- fix #464
+
 0.16.4 (2022-08-04)
 -------------------
 - Regional fonts for RichText
@@ -23,9 +29,6 @@
 0.15.2 (2022-01-12)
 -------------------
 - fix #408
-
-0.15.1 (2021-12-20)
--------------------
 - Multi-rendering with same DocxTemplate object is now possible
   see tests/multi_rendering.py
 - fix #392
diff --git a/docxtpl/__init__.py b/docxtpl/__init__.py
index 732521c..1ef0ba7 100644
--- a/docxtpl/__init__.py
+++ b/docxtpl/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Created : 2015-03-12
 
 @author: Eric Lapouyade
 """
-__version__ = '0.16.4'
+__version__ = '0.16.5'
 
 # flake8: noqa
 from .inline_image import InlineImage
diff --git a/docxtpl/template.py b/docxtpl/template.py
index aa77ee0..843aade 100644
--- a/docxtpl/template.py
+++ b/docxtpl/template.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ class DocxTemplate(object):
         self.is_rendered = False
         self.is_saved = False
 
-    def init_docx(self):
-        if not self.docx or self.is_rendered:
+    def init_docx(self, reload: bool = True):
+        if not self.docx or (self.is_rendered and reload):
             self.docx = Document(self.template_file)
             self.is_rendered = False
 
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ class DocxTemplate(object):
         self.is_saved = True
 
     def get_undeclared_template_variables(self, jinja_env: Optional[Environment] = None) -> Set[str]:
-        self.init_docx()
+        self.init_docx(reload=False)
         xml = self.get_xml()
         xml = self.patch_xml(xml)
         for uri in [self.HEADER_URI, self.FOOTER_URI]:
diff --git a/tests/doc_properties.py b/tests/doc_properties.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2083c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/doc_properties.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import os.path
+
+import jinja2
+from docxtpl import DocxTemplate, InlineImage
+
+doctemplate = r'templates/doc_properties_tpl.docx'
+
+tpl = DocxTemplate(doctemplate)
+
+context = {
+    'test': 'HelloWorld'
+}
+
+tpl.render(context)
+tpl.save("output/doc_properties.docx")
diff --git a/tests/templates/doc_properties_tpl.docx b/tests/templates/doc_properties_tpl.docx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d15557a
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