diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ### Unreleased
 
+### [0.9.8] - [2022-10-18]
+
+- Trivial release to fix release tagging issue
 
 ### [0.9.7] - [2022-10-17]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Anyone with the appropriate credentials can "cut a release" of jackdaw using the
 
 Steps 2 to 6 is essentially `git tag $version -m "$title\n\n$description" && git push --tags`
 
-
 ## License
 
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