diff --git a/cabal-install-solver/cabal-install-solver.cabal b/cabal-install-solver/cabal-install-solver.cabal
index 0d5584f9136222c60a7a62ff3836d62a4d748c60..aafbfac3680ff555e35107ce7ce1358f9e89df97 100644
--- a/cabal-install-solver/cabal-install-solver.cabal
+++ b/cabal-install-solver/cabal-install-solver.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: 2.2
 name:          cabal-install-solver
-version:       3.10.2.0
+version:       3.10.2.1
 synopsis:      The command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage.
 description:
   The solver component used in cabal-install command-line program
diff --git a/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal b/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
index c7066d92a9bf6a3eedfc1b051a134ef0cfd7e76f..8ba9f8b1331823f2c075ec410e695eb0cd404ec5 100644
--- a/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
+++ b/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Cabal-Version:      2.2
 
 Name:               cabal-install
-Version:            3.10.2.0
+Version:            3.10.2.1
 Synopsis:           The command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage.
 Description:
     The \'cabal\' command-line program simplifies the process of managing
diff --git a/cabal-install/changelog b/cabal-install/changelog
index 0a211ba0946ab66dda58205369ecfb613887f44f..f98fcfe19323b84378ca17e5f7cad7780f593aae 100644
--- a/cabal-install/changelog
+++ b/cabal-install/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 -*-change-log-*-
 
-3.10.2.0 Hécate <hecate+github@glitchbra.in> August 2023
+3.10.2.1 Hécate <hecate+github@glitchbra.in> November 2023
+	* See https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/release-notes/cabal-install-3.10.2.1.md
+
+3.10.2.0 Hécate <hecate+github@glitchbra.in> November 2023
 	* See https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/release-notes/cabal-install-3.10.2.0.md
 
 3.10.1.0 Mikolaj Konarski <mikolaj@well-typed.com> March 2023
diff --git a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Version.hs b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Version.hs
index 2172884c1acb5ed8adcf9aa907c071ba42c1a2a9..854752a6b1f7af58c47e7278ff276ee4b48c17d8 100644
--- a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Version.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Version.hs
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ import Distribution.Version
 -- program coverage information generated by HPC, and hence was moved to be a standalone value.
 --
 cabalInstallVersion :: Version
-cabalInstallVersion = mkVersion [3,10,2,0]
+cabalInstallVersion = mkVersion [3,10,2,1]
diff --git a/release-notes/cabal-install-3.10.2.1.md b/release-notes/cabal-install-3.10.2.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3f971275c80019d0633f95431a8cd1440c499672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/cabal-install-3.10.2.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cabal-install and cabal-install-solver 3.10.2.1 changelog and release notes
+---
+
+## Release 3.10.2.1 is strictly a bounds bump release for GHC 9.8 compatibility