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@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ commits that introduce the changes.  To make a new release, run
 `tools/mkrelease`, which will handle updating the heading for you.
 
 
-NEXT
-====
+v17.8.1 (2021-03-18)
+====================
 This release contains a bufix for recent build changes in v17.8.0 that were
 causing, under some circumstances, builds to fail during dependency
 generation.  It also contains minor improvements and cleanup.