diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+notmuch (0.24~rc1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release candidate
+  * upstream release notes
+  * One library internals fix/optimization for regexp processing.
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Wed, 08 Mar 2017 08:08:34 -0400
+
 notmuch (0.24~rc0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream feature release (candidate).