diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47d17ae16d34..a2cb92dd5406 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,89 +1,90 @@
 #
 # This is the top-level .gitignore file:
 # ignore everything except a list of allowed files.
 #
 # This is not the place for entries that are specific to
 # a subdirectory.  Instead add those files to the
 # .gitignore file in that subdirectory.
 #
 # N.B.
 # Please use 'git ls-files -i --exclude-standard'
 # command after changing this file, to see if there are
 # any tracked files which get ignored after the change.
 
 *
 
 !.github
 !cmd
 !config
 !contrib
 !etc
 !include
 !lib
 !man
 !module
 !rpm
 !scripts
 !tests
 !udev
 
 !.github/**
 !cmd/**
 !config/**
 !contrib/**
 !etc/**
 !include/**
 !lib/**
 !man/**
 !module/**
 !rpm/**
 !scripts/**
 !tests/**
 !udev/**
 
 !.editorconfig
 !.cirrus.yml
 !.gitignore
 !.gitmodules
 !.mailmap
 !AUTHORS
 !autogen.sh
 !CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
 !configure.ac
 !copy-builtin
 !COPYRIGHT
 !LICENSE
 !Makefile.am
 !META
 !NEWS
 !NOTICE
 !README.md
 !RELEASES.md
 !TEST
 !zfs.release.in
 
 #
 # Normal rules
 #
 *.[oa]
 *.o.ur-safe
 *.lo
 *.la
 *.mod.c
 *~
 *.swp
 *.gcno
 *.gcda
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 .deps
 .libs
 .dirstamp
 .DS_Store
 modules.order
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
+changelog
 *.patch
 *.orig
 *.tmp
 *.log
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4c75616e4299..f31fe1db81e4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,88 +1,89 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of OpenZFS.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
  * Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  * Written by:
  *         Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>,
  *         Herb Wartens <wartens2@llnl.gov>,
  *         Jim Garlick <garlick@llnl.gov>
  * LLNL-CODE-403049
  *
  * CDDL HEADER START
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the
  * Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.0 only
  * (the "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance
  * with the License.
  *
  * You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE
  * or https://opensource.org/licenses/CDDL-1.0.
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions
  * and limitations under the License.
  *
  * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each
  * file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE.
  * If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the
  * fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying
  * information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
  *
  * CDDL HEADER END
  */
 
 AC_INIT(m4_esyscmd(awk '/^Name:/ {printf $2}' META),
 	m4_esyscmd(awk '/^Version:/ {printf $2}' META))
 CFGOPTS="$*"
 AC_LANG(C)
 ZFS_AC_META
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config])
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects foreign])
 # Remove default macros from config.h:
 #   PACKAGE, PACKAGE_{BUGREPORT,NAME,STRING,TARNAME,VERSION}, STDC_HEADERS, VERSION
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([zfs_config.h], [
 	sed -nri~ -e '/^$/be' -e 'N;N;/#define (PACKAGE|VERSION|STDC_HEADERS)/d' -e ':e' -e 'p' zfs_config.h && rm zfs_config.h~ || exit])
 
 LT_INIT
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 AM_PROG_AS
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AX_CODE_COVERAGE
 _AM_PROG_TAR(pax)
 
 ZFS_AC_LICENSE
 ZFS_AC_CONFIG
 ZFS_AC_PACKAGE
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG
 ZFS_AC_DEBUGINFO
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG_KMEM
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG_KMEM_TRACKING
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	contrib/debian/rules
+	contrib/debian/changelog
 	Makefile
 	include/Makefile
 	lib/libzfs/libzfs.pc
 	lib/libzfs_core/libzfs_core.pc
 	lib/libzfsbootenv/libzfsbootenv.pc
 	module/Kbuild
 	module/Makefile
 	rpm/generic/zfs-dkms.spec
 	rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec
 	rpm/generic/zfs.spec
 	rpm/redhat/zfs-dkms.spec
 	rpm/redhat/zfs-kmod.spec
 	rpm/redhat/zfs.spec
 	tests/zfs-tests/tests/Makefile
 	zfs.release
 ])
 
 
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/contrib/debian/changelog b/contrib/debian/changelog.in
similarity index 74%
rename from contrib/debian/changelog
rename to contrib/debian/changelog.in
index ba42ea59fa8d..525519a73d08 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/changelog
+++ b/contrib/debian/changelog.in
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+openzfs-linux (@VERSION@-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * OpenZFS @VERSION@ is tagged.
+
+ -- Umer Saleem <usaleem@ixsystems.com>  Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0500
+
 openzfs-linux (2.2.0-0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * OpenZFS 2.2.0 is tagged.
 
  -- Umer Saleem <usaleem@ixsystems.com>  Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:00:00 +0500
 
 openzfs-linux (2.1.99-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Integrate minimally modified Debian packaging from ZFS on Linux
     (source: https://salsa.debian.org/zfsonlinux-team/zfs)
   * This packaging is a fork of Debian zfs-linux 2.1.6-2 release.
 
  -- Umer Saleem <usaleem@ixsystems.com>  Fri, 11 Oct 2022 15:00:00 -0400