diff --git a/sitemap.xml b/sitemap.xml
index 8c8e2b24c..f515d5dc3 100644
--- a/sitemap.xml
+++ b/sitemap.xml
@@ -15458,11 +15458,11 @@
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/news.html</loc>
-    <lastmod>2025-03-05T22:57:10+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2025-03-08T05:38:40+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/news.md</loc>
-    <lastmod>2025-03-05T22:56:55+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2025-03-08T05:38:40+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/README.html</loc>
@@ -15478,7 +15478,7 @@
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/status.json</loc>
-    <lastmod>2025-03-05T22:57:16+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2025-03-08T05:41:00+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/thanks-for-help.html</loc>
diff --git a/status.html b/status.html
index 40b64d91d..c3b68870b 100644
--- a/status.html
+++ b/status.html
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
         &quot;no_comment&quot; : &quot;mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec&quot;,
         &quot;IOCCC_status_version&quot; : &quot;1.0 2024-03-09&quot;,
         &quot;contest_status&quot; : &quot;open&quot;,
-        &quot;news_update&quot; : &quot;2025-03-05T22:56:55+00:00&quot;,
+        &quot;news_update&quot; : &quot;2025-03-08T05:38:40+00:00&quot;,
         &quot;status_update&quot; : &quot;2025-03-05T18:15:23+00:00&quot;
     }</code></pre>
 
diff --git a/status.json b/status.json
index 6ef17d9e3..849eb3115 100644
--- a/status.json
+++ b/status.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
     "no_comment" : "mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec",
     "IOCCC_status_version" : "1.0 2024-03-09",
     "contest_status" : "open",
-    "news_update" : "2025-03-05T22:56:55+00:00",
+    "news_update" : "2025-03-08T05:38:40+00:00",
     "status_update" : "2025-03-05T18:15:23+00:00"
 }