diff --git a/frontend/CHANGELOG.md b/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
index 56985bb2..4feefaea 100644
--- a/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-# See elsewhere for changelog
+# rc: micro bump
 
-This project’s release notes are curated from the Git history of its main
-branch. You can find them by looking at [the version of this file on the
-`release` branch][branch] or the [GitHub release history][gh-releases].
-
-[branch]: https://github.com/WorldWideTelescope/pywwt/blob/release/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
-[gh-releases]: https://github.com/WorldWideTelescope/pywwt/releases
+- First release with version number decoupled from the pywwt Python package.
+- No code chages, but internal reorganizations including the use of Cranko for
+  release automation.