diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c08aa77f7f..a1c1032eef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
-git-annex (8.20211124) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+git-annex (8.20211231) upstream; urgency=medium
 
-  * Fix build with old versions of feed library.
+  * Improved support for using git-annex in a read-only repository,
+    git-annex branch information from remotes that cannot be merged into
+    the git-annex branch will now not crash it, but will be merged in
+    memory.
   * addurl, youtube-dl: When --check-raw prevents downloading an url,
     still continue with any downloads that come after it, rather than
     erroring out.
-  * export: Avoid unncessarily re-exporting non-annexed files that were
-    already exported.
   * Fix locking problems when annex.pidlock is set and concurrency is
     enabled eg with -J.
-  * Fix build with ghc 9.0.1
   * Improve error message display when autoinit fails due to eg, a
     permissions problem.
+  * export: Avoid unncessarily re-exporting non-annexed files that were
+    already exported.
   * Improve git command queue flushing so that eg, addurl of several
     large files that take time to download will update the index for each
     file, rather than deferring the index updates to the end.
   * sync: Better error message when unable to export to a remote because
     remote.name.annex-tracking-branch is configured to a ref that does not
     exist.
-  * Improved support for using git-annex in a read-only repository,
-    git-annex branch information from remotes that cannot be merged into
-    the git-annex branch will now not crash it, but will be merged in
-    memory.
+  * Fix build with ghc 9.0.1
+  * Fix build with old versions of feed library.
 
- -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:58:27 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Fri, 31 Dec 2021 15:03:36 -0400
 
 git-annex (8.20211123) upstream; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 3a65938cb6..6738e8060d 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: git-annex
-Version: 8.20211123
+Version: 8.20211231
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.10
 License: AGPL-3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>