diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83ce71f51..dddf4e31c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project follows to [Calendar Versioning](https://calver.org/).
 
-## v24.12: Old Town of Corfu [Unreleased]
+## v24.12: Old Town of Corfu
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 343191f01..e937387a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [![Release DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.3980833.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3980833)
 ![check_dataset](https://github.com/spaam-community/AncientMetagenomeDir/workflows/check_dataset/badge.svg)
 [![Joins us on Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-ancientmetagenomedir-blueviolet)](https://spaam-community.slack.com/channels/ancientmetagenomedir)
-[![latest_release](https://img.shields.io/badge/Latest%20Release-v24.09.0-yellow)](https://github.com/spaam-community/AncientMetagenomeDir/releases)
+[![latest_release](https://img.shields.io/badge/Latest%20Release-v24.12.0-yellow)](https://github.com/spaam-community/AncientMetagenomeDir/releases)
 
 AncientMetagenomeDir is a community curated resource of lists of all published
 **shotgun**-sequenced ancient metagenome or microbial genome-level enriched samples and libraries.
diff --git a/assets/analysis/release-stats-statement-generator.R b/assets/analysis/release-stats-statement-generator.R
index 6cc6a3760..025c0477f 100644
--- a/assets/analysis/release-stats-statement-generator.R
+++ b/assets/analysis/release-stats-statement-generator.R
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(tidyverse))
 
-previous_tag <- "v24.06.0"
+previous_tag <- "v24.09.0"
 release_tag <- "master"
-new_release <- "v24.09.0"
+new_release <- "v24.12.0"
 
 ## SAMPLES