diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index a9a9f66f4..50588dcfc 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump commons-logging:commons-logging from 1.3.2 to 1.3.4 #238, #254.</action>
     <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.15.0 to 3.17.0 #248, #257.</action>
     <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump org.apache.commons:commons-csv from 1.11.0 to 1.12.0 #264.</action>
-  </elease>
+  </release>
   <release version="1.9.0" date="2024-05-25" description="This is a maintenance and bug fix release; requires Java 8.">
     <!-- ADD -->
     <action type="add" dev="sebb" due-to="homebeaver">IBANValidator: #209 - add Falkland Islands, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Oman, Somalia</action>