diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2238557..e13cc20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ env:
   # "false" is the normal state. It is easy to leave this on "true" and then
   # silently keep shipping nothing to the configurator, so check it when cutting
   # a release rather than assuming.
-  prerelease: "true"
+  prerelease: "false"
 
 # Runner image and third-party actions are pinned, not floating.
 #
diff --git a/releasenotes/RELEASE_NOTES_1.17.6a-zephcore.md b/releasenotes/RELEASE_NOTES_1.17.6-zephcore.md
similarity index 97%
rename from releasenotes/RELEASE_NOTES_1.17.6a-zephcore.md
rename to releasenotes/RELEASE_NOTES_1.17.6-zephcore.md
index d9c30b6..89d893a 100644
--- a/releasenotes/RELEASE_NOTES_1.17.6a-zephcore.md
+++ b/releasenotes/RELEASE_NOTES_1.17.6-zephcore.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# ZephCore 1.17.6a-zephcore
+# ZephCore 1.17.6-zephcore
 
 A large release: companion firmware now speaks WiFi (TCP, on boards that support it), preferences
 move to upstream's `prefs.json` format, and ESP32-S3 repeaters can finally light-sleep. Underneath,
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ text so the two codebases read the same again. Also: GPS reliability fixes, more
 reporting, reduced flash wear, and the remote CLI (protocol v14) now executes commands sent by
 contacts you have allowed to use it, matching upstream.
 
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> **This is a pre-release.** The Mesh America configurator keeps offering 1.17.5c; flash this one by
-> hand. ESP32-S3 light sleep was bench-validated on a XIAO ESP32-S3; on the Heltec boards that
-> enable it by default it is build-tested only, so reports from Heltec repeaters are especially
-> welcome (`get pm`, see below).
-
 > [!NOTE]
 > A normal upgrade keeps your identity, settings, contacts and phone pairing. Preferences are
 > migrated to the new `prefs.json` format on first boot; the old binary file is kept alongside it, so
@@ -220,4 +214,4 @@ USB console output longer than 64 bytes (packet lines, CLI replies); it is patch
 - **System design docs published**: `docs/DESIGN.md` and nine architecture decision records covering
   the choices made in this restructure.
 - **`healthcheck.conf` now logs.** It never turned the logging subsystem on, so a repeater built with it
-  printed nothing. A few configuration lines that had no effect on any build were removed.
\ No newline at end of file
+  printed nothing. A few configuration lines that had no effect on any build were removed.
diff --git a/zephcore/CMakeLists.txt b/zephcore/CMakeLists.txt
index 10373e9..fd8c544 100644
--- a/zephcore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zephcore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ list(APPEND BOARD_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 # Service advertises (CONFIG_BT_DIS_FW_REV_STR, generated from it below), what the
 # GitHub release is tagged/named, and what the Mesh America catalog uses as its
 # version key. The release workflow reads this line directly — keep its form.
-set(ZEPHCORE_FIRMWARE_VERSION "1.17.6a-zephcore")
+set(ZEPHCORE_FIRMWARE_VERSION "1.17.6-zephcore")
 
 # ========== Helpers ==========
 # Append FILE to the overlay list once, keeping its FIRST position. Position is