diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 44f92050..0a57abea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-2024-01-07  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
-
-	* 11.8.0: release
-
 2024-01-06  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 
 	* When recovering a file's xref table, attempt to find xref
diff --git a/manual/release-notes.rst b/manual/release-notes.rst
index 6125eba5..99f759ce 100644
--- a/manual/release-notes.rst
+++ b/manual/release-notes.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Planned changes for future 12.x (subject to change):
 
 .. x.y.z: not yet released
 
-11.8.0: January 7, 2024
+11.8.0: not yet released
   - Bug fixes:
 
     - When flattening annotations, preserve hyperlinks and other