diff --git a/robot_calibration/CHANGELOG.rst b/robot_calibration/CHANGELOG.rst
index bd760b4c..d278a5b1 100644
--- a/robot_calibration/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/robot_calibration/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 Changelog for package robot_calibration
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+Forthcoming
+-----------
+* deprecated header has been removed for j-turtle (`#162 <https://github.com/mikeferguson/robot_calibration/issues/162>`_)
+  this branch now only supports Iron and later, update CI to reflect that
+* update checkerboard comment (`#160 <https://github.com/mikeferguson/robot_calibration/issues/160>`_)
+* Contributors: Michael Ferguson
+
 0.8.1 (2023-11-25)
 ------------------
 * update to tinyxml2 (`#159 <https://github.com/mikeferguson/robot_calibration/issues/159>`_)
diff --git a/robot_calibration_msgs/CHANGELOG.rst b/robot_calibration_msgs/CHANGELOG.rst
index f2742bb6..923d6e32 100644
--- a/robot_calibration_msgs/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/robot_calibration_msgs/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Changelog for package robot_calibration_msgs
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+Forthcoming
+-----------
+
 0.8.1 (2023-11-25)
 ------------------