diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index df39b8f9f..b9a52ed1e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 General/project-related changes in the hledger project. 
 For package-specific changes, see the package changelogs.
 
+# 0a31ef84
+
 # 9bc88727
 
 - fixed pandoc typography conversion in web manuals (#954).
diff --git a/hledger-api/CHANGES.md b/hledger-api/CHANGES.md
index 6f547afec..16b17bcf1 100644
--- a/hledger-api/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-api/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-api.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
+# 0a31ef84
+
 # 1e5e30ae
 
 - use hledger 1.12.99
diff --git a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
index ad71c4696..843c0cae5 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Internal/api/developer-ish changes in the hledger-lib package.
 For user-visible changes, see the hledger package changelog.
 
+# 0a31ef84
+
 # 1e5e30ae
 
 added: 
diff --git a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
index f1345707c..2821dc071 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-ui.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
+# 0a31ef84
+
 # 1e5e30ae
 
 - on posix systems, control-z suspends the program
diff --git a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
index ed2bf092a..fc45d0403 100644
--- a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-web.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
+# 0a31ef84
+
 # 1e5e30ae
 
 - use hledger 1.12.99
diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES.md b/hledger/CHANGES.md
index 80d7156d7..4132b401f 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 User-visible changes in the hledger command line tool and library.
 
 
+# 0a31ef84
+
 # 1e5e30ae
 
 - journal: account directive: account sort codes like `account 1000`