diff --git a/build/release/build.sh b/build/release/build.sh
index 5b3b4b7f9..e681c5f94 100755
--- a/build/release/build.sh
+++ b/build/release/build.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DESC="$DISTRO /etc/release and /etc/os-release files"
 set_arch 64
 
 # Update the following line with the current release suffix
-RELSUFFIX=as
+RELSUFFIX=av
 
 RELEASE=${RELVER}${RELSUFFIX}
 RELDATE="`date +%Y.%m.%d`"
diff --git a/doc/ReleaseNotes.md b/doc/ReleaseNotes.md
index e752ddedd..24c3cc70d 100644
--- a/doc/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/doc/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
 
 # Release Notes for OmniOS v11 r151048
 
+## r151048av (2024-10-01)
+Weekly release for w/c 30th of September 2024.
+> This update requires a reboot
+
+### Security Fixes
+
+* Intel CPU microcode has been updated to 20240910.
+
+### Other Changes
+
+* The `pkg` client has been updated to consider unknown variants as `false` by
+  default. This enables developers to use `onu` with recent versions of
+  illumos gate.
+
+<br>
+
+---
+
 ## r151048as (2024-09-15)
 Weekly release for w/c 9th of September 2024.
 > This is a non-reboot update