diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1eeb7a66b..9c1d2544e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Leiningen News -- history of user-visible changes
 
-## 2.9.9 / ???
+## 2.9.9 / 2022-08-05
 
-* Fix a bug where template group-ids could be ignored. (Phil Hagelberg)
+* Migrate the repository from Github to Codeberg. (Phil Hagelberg)
+* Fix a bug in `new` where template group-ids could be ignored. (Phil Hagelberg)
 * Work around a change in Java 9 which broke template listing. (Phil Hagelberg)
 * Fix a bug in pedantic checks which resulted in infinite loops. (Phil Hagelberg)
 * Prevent `module-info.class` files from being included in uberjars. (Phil Hagelberg)
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 9e95ca113..7204cdf6e 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e -u
-
 if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
     echo "usage: $0 VERSION"
     exit 1
 fi
 
+set -e -u
+
 RELEASE_VERSION=$1
 CURRENT_VERSION="$RELEASE_VERSION-SNAPSHOT"