diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index c96535991..e1c1612ec 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "October 10, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "October 22, 2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.11">