diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html
index a18f5d8fd..0f5b4cf2c 100644
--- a/faq.html
+++ b/faq.html
@@ -5282,10 +5282,12 @@ from <code>winners.html</code>, via the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/te
 <div id="great_fork_merge_date">
 <h4 id="y-mm-dd-the-great-fork-merge">202y mm dd The Great Fork Merge <!-- XXX - Fill in the date when Great Fork Merge happens --></h4>
 </div>
-<p>As of 2024 Sep 1 <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc">temp-test-ioccc
+<!-- XXX - Update the commit count just before Great Fork Merge happens -->
+<p>As of 2024 Oct 20 <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc">temp-test-ioccc
 repo</a>
-there were <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/compare/master...ioccc-src:temp-test-ioccc:master">5858 commits ahead</a>
+there were <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/compare/master...ioccc-src:temp-test-ioccc:master">5975 commits ahead</a>
 of the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner">IOCCC winner repo</a>.</p>
+<!-- XXX - Fill in the date when Great Fork Merge happens -->
 <p>On 202y mm dd, the temporary repo was merged back into the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner">IOCCC winner
 repo</a> resulting in many, many substantial improvements
 to the <a href="https://www.ioccc.org">official IOCCC website</a>.</p>
diff --git a/faq.md b/faq.md
index ff4adfbaa..03220729f 100644
--- a/faq.md
+++ b/faq.md
@@ -6733,11 +6733,13 @@ from `winners.html`, via the [gen-authors.sh](%%REPO_URL%%/bin/gen-authors.sh) t
 #### 202y mm dd The Great Fork Merge <!-- XXX - Fill in the date when Great Fork Merge happens -->
 </div>
 
-As of 2024 Sep 1 [temp-test-ioccc
+<!-- XXX - Update the commit count just before Great Fork Merge happens -->
+As of 2024 Oct 20 [temp-test-ioccc
 repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc)
-there were [5858 commits ahead](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/compare/master...ioccc-src:temp-test-ioccc:master)
+there were [5975 commits ahead](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/compare/master...ioccc-src:temp-test-ioccc:master)
 of the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner).
 
+<!-- XXX - Fill in the date when Great Fork Merge happens -->
 On 202y mm dd, the temporary repo was merged back into the [IOCCC winner
 repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) resulting in many, many substantial improvements
 to the [official IOCCC website](https://www.ioccc.org).