diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index c43577465..e19b1fe94 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <title>Apache Commons Pool Release Notes</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
-  <release version="2.12.0" date="2023-MM-DD" description="This is a feature and maintenance release (Java 8).">
+  <release version="2.12.0" date="2023-09-30" description="This is a feature and maintenance release (Java 8).">
     <!-- FIX -->
     <action dev="psteitz" type="fix" issue="POOL-401">
       Ensure that capacity freed by invalidateObject is available to all keyed pools.
