diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3ff1917879..1b89b6e94a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-git-annex (8.20211012) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+git-annex (8.20211028) upstream; urgency=medium
 
   * Removed support for accessing git remotes that use versions of
     git-annex older than 6.20180312.
@@ -7,30 +7,30 @@ git-annex (8.20211012) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Negotiate P2P protocol version with tor remotes, allowing
     use of protocol version 1. This negotiation is not supported
     by versions of git-annex older than 6.20180312.
-  * test: Put gpg temp home directory in system temp directory,
-    not filesystem being tested.
-  * Avoid crashing tilde expansion on user who does not exist.
-  * When retrival from a chunked remote fails, display the error that
-    occurred when downloading the chunk, rather than the error that
-    occurred when trying to download the unchunked content, which is less
-    likely to actually be stored in the remote.
+  * Fix bug that caused stale git-annex branch information to read
+    when annex.private or remote.name.annex-private is set.
   * git-annex get when run as the first git-annex command in a new repo
     did not populate all unlocked files.
     (Reversion in version 8.20210621)
-  * Avoid a some sqlite crashes on Windows SubSystem for Linux (WSL).
-  * Fix bug that caused stale git-annex branch information to read
-    when annex.private or remote.name.annex-private is set.
-  * Fix using lookupkey and info inside a subdirectory.
+  * Fix using lookupkey and info inside a subdirectory of the git repository.
     (Reversion in version 8.20211011)
-  * Call annex.freezecontent-command on the annex object file only
+  * Avoid some sqlite crashes on Windows SubSystem for Linux (WSL).
+  * Call annex.freezecontent-command on the annex object file
     after it has been moved into place in annex/objects/. This allows
     the hook to freeze the file in ways that prevent moving it, such as
     removing the Windows delete permission.
     Thanks, Reiko Asakura.
   * addurl: Support adding the same url to multiple files at the same
     time when using -J with --batch --with-files.
+  * When retrieval from a chunked remote fails, display the error that
+    occurred when downloading the chunk, rather than the error that
+    occurred when trying to download the unchunked content, which is less
+    likely to actually be stored in the remote.
+  * Avoid crashing tilde expansion on user who does not exist.
+  * test: Put gpg temp home directory in system temp directory,
+    not filesystem being tested.
 
- -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:09:13 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:58:29 -0400
 
 git-annex (8.20211011) upstream; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 131e050954..83a314d385 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: git-annex
-Version: 8.20211011
+Version: 8.20211028
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.10
 License: AGPL-3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>