diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 10792996992af97471c094478003250e466decb2..bf343ad960b8cc22d4ac73ae5165eb2dd7aac87c 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.9.11+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.9.11"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.11.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.11.rst
index 5efbb4bfc6db9c8d42ef39be41cbc84b4d194e93..b25cbe95dbfdbf069fe0a9dc2ff2e44dd52ef211 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.11.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.11.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. bpo: 46852
 .. date: 2022-02-25-02-01-42
 .. nonce: _3zg8D
-.. release date: 2022-03-15
+.. release date: 2022-03-16
 .. section: Core and Builtins
 
 Rename the private undocumented ``float.__set_format__()`` method to
@@ -601,6 +601,16 @@ Update Windows installer to use SQLite 3.37.2.
 
 ..
 
+.. bpo: 47032
+.. date: 2022-03-16-00-37-40
+.. nonce: tsS9KE
+.. section: Build
+
+Ensure Windows install builds fail correctly with a non-zero exit code
+when part of the build fails.
+
+..
+
 .. bpo: 44549
 .. date: 2022-03-07-17-46-40
 .. nonce: SPrGS9
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-03-16-00-37-40.bpo-47032.tsS9KE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-03-16-00-37-40.bpo-47032.tsS9KE.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f2f1c8d0471a4086c4348fb52cbc3c3afb11a03..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-03-16-00-37-40.bpo-47032.tsS9KE.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Ensure Windows install builds fail correctly with a non-zero exit code when
-part of the build fails.