diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ed3ef984..b63d1eb6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-DayOfTheWeek, Month DD, YYYY / The Tcpdump Group
-  Summary for 4.99.5 tcpdump release (so far!)
+Friday, August 30, 2024 / The Tcpdump Group
+  Summary for 4.99.5 tcpdump release
     Refine protocol decoding for:
       Arista: Use the test .pcap file from pull request #955 (HwInfo).
       BGP: Fix an undefined behavior when it tries to parse a too-short packet.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ea43a71b..33640cd1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.99.5-PRE-GIT
+4.99.5