diff --git a/cabal-install-solver/cabal-install-solver.cabal b/cabal-install-solver/cabal-install-solver.cabal
index 0d5584f9136..aafbfac3680 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 c7066d92a9b..8ba9f8b1331 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 0a211ba0946..f98fcfe1932 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 2172884c1ac..854752a6b1f 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 00000000000..3f971275c80
--- /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