From 90d7aedce21600c3fdb3626f6491423714298a65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Glick <david@glicksoftware.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:19:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Preparing release 9.8.1

---
 CHANGES.rst      | 9 +++++++++
 news/1827.bugfix | 1 -
 setup.py         | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 news/1827.bugfix

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 03ec595954..46e94d885b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ Changelog
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+9.8.1 (2024-10-23)
+------------------
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+
+- Fix `ComponentLookupError` for `Products.CMFPlone.ManagePortalAliases` permission, which could happen depending on package load order. @davisagli (#1827)
+
+
 9.8.0 (2024-10-23)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/news/1827.bugfix b/news/1827.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 98d430bbf2..0000000000
--- a/news/1827.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix `ComponentLookupError` for `Products.CMFPlone.ManagePortalAliases` permission, which could happen depending on package load order. @davisagli
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87192c8f72..bec87a369f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 
 
-version = "9.8.1.dev0"
+version = "9.8.1"
 
 if sys.version_info.major == 2:
     raise ValueError(