diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a0bc3cf..14dbd4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ DOCNAME = VOEvent
 DOCVERSION = 2.1
 
 # Publication date, ISO format; update manually for "releases"
-DOCDATE = 2023-05-07
+DOCDATE = 2024-05-22
 
 # What is it you're writing: NOTE, WD, PR, REC, PEN, or EN
-DOCTYPE = WD
+DOCTYPE = PR
 
 # An e-mail address of the person doing the submission to the document
 # repository (can be empty until a make upload is being made)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8355a63..9c8faac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-![VOEvent version](https://img.shields.io/badge/VOEvent-WD--2.1-yellow.svg)
+![VOEvent version](https://img.shields.io/badge/VOEvent-PR--2.1-yellow.svg)
 [![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
 
 
diff --git a/VOEvent.tex b/VOEvent.tex
index feeb64d..e06de8f 100644
--- a/VOEvent.tex
+++ b/VOEvent.tex
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 \title{Sky Event Reporting Metadata (VOEvent)}
 
 % see ivoatexDoc for what group names to use here
-\ivoagroup{Time Domain}
+\ivoagroup[IG]{Time Domain}
 
 \author{Baptiste {\bf Cecconi}, Observatoire de Paris-PSL, France}
 \author{\\Alasdair {\bf Allan}, University of Exeter, UK}
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 \editor[mailto:seaman@noao.edu]{Rob Seaman}
 \editor[mailto:roy@caltech.edu]{Roy Williams}
 
-\previousversion[http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VOEvent/20110711/REC-VOEvent-2.0.pdf]{VOEvent 2.0}
+\previousversion[http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VOEvent/20110711/]{VOEvent 2.0}
 
 \setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}  
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 %%% to be removed
 \section*{Status of this Document}
 This is the Proposed Recommendation of VOEvent v2.1. The first release of the
-near final document was 2020 May 5th.
+near final document was 2024 May 22nd.
 
 This document describes an update to the IVOA VOEvent recommendation for the
 representation of solar system events. It has been developed by the Solar System