diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b7e02c0b5c..5b14bf3e58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-git-annex (8.20200909) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+git-annex (8.20201007) upstream; urgency=medium
 
   * --json output now includes a new field "input" which is the input
     value (filename, url, etc) that caused a json object to be output.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ git-annex (8.20200909) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * runshell: Update files atomically when preparing to run git-annex.
   * Fix a build failure on Windows.
 
- -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:34:37 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:19:05 -0400
 
 git-annex (8.20200908) upstream; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 03320a9dd8..77c449aa4d 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: git-annex
-Version: 8.20200908
+Version: 8.20201007
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.10
 License: AGPL-3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>