diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1276701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [3.2.1] - 2025-03-31
+
+### Changed
+
+- Include build date in the final VERSION.txt
diff --git a/includes/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/VERSION.txt b/includes/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/VERSION.txt
index 31e454d..432131a 100644
--- a/includes/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/VERSION.txt
+++ b/includes/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-OpenGnsys Client 3.2.0
+OpenGnsys Client 3.2.1
diff --git a/mkoglive.py b/mkoglive.py
index 1b25448..9a6d84f 100755
--- a/mkoglive.py
+++ b/mkoglive.py
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ def _main (cfgfile, config, type_client):
     _debootstrap (btrootfsimg, btrootfsmnt, osarch, oscodename, oshttp)
 
     logger.info ('STAGE 2 - copy files to the rootfs')
-    _initramfs_version (gitrelease, osrelease, curdir)
+    today = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).strftime ('%Y%m%d')
+    _initramfs_version (gitrelease+'_'+today, osrelease, curdir)
     _copy_og_files (btrootfsimg, btrootfsmnt, osdistrib, oscodename)
 
     logger.info ('STAGE 3 - perform tasks within the chroot')
@@ -144,7 +145,6 @@ def _main (cfgfile, config, type_client):
 
     logger.info ('STAGE 4 - generate distribution files')
     pxepkg = _get_pxepkg()
-    today = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).strftime ('%Y%m%d')
     nameisoclient  = '-'.join (['ogLive', oscodename, osrelease, osarch, gitrelease+'_'+today])
     _mkinitrd_squashfs_isofs (bttargetdir, osrelease, btrootfsimg, btrootfsmnt, pxepkg, isolinux_tpl, nameisoclient)