diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4481913..7416931 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ The following environment variables are supported:
    but you should use something else for a customized version.  Export files
    in stages may add suffixes to `IMG_NAME`.
 
+ * `PI_GEN_RELEASE` (Default: `Raspberry Pi reference`)
+
+   The release name to use in `/etc/issue.txt`. The default should only be used
+   for official Raspberry Pi builds.
+
 * `USE_QCOW2` **EXPERIMENTAL** (Default: `0` )
 
     Instead of using traditional way of building the rootfs of every stage in
diff --git a/build-docker.sh b/build-docker.sh
index d2115c4..4a8427a 100755
--- a/build-docker.sh
+++ b/build-docker.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ time ${DOCKER} run \
 echo "copying results from deploy/"
 ${DOCKER} cp "${CONTAINER_NAME}":/pi-gen/deploy - | tar -xf -
 
-echo "copying log from container ${CONTAINER_NAME} to depoy/"
+echo "copying log from container ${CONTAINER_NAME} to deploy/"
 ${DOCKER} logs --timestamps "${CONTAINER_NAME}" &>deploy/build-docker.log
 
 ls -lah deploy
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 22b605d..7d7bc40 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ trap term EXIT INT TERM
 
 export PI_GEN=${PI_GEN:-pi-gen}
 export PI_GEN_REPO=${PI_GEN_REPO:-https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen}
+export PI_GEN_RELEASE=${PI_GEN_RELEASE:-Raspberry Pi reference}
 
 if [ -z "${IMG_NAME}" ]; then
 	echo "IMG_NAME not set" 1>&2
diff --git a/export-noobs/00-release/files/release_notes.txt b/export-noobs/00-release/files/release_notes.txt
index 1eeffe9..44778d1 100644
--- a/export-noobs/00-release/files/release_notes.txt
+++ b/export-noobs/00-release/files/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,39 @@
 UNRELEASED:
+  * Serial port switching in rc_gui and raspi-config modified to support Raspberry Pi 5
+  * Touch screens now identified with unique per-device strings to enable correct association with display devices
+  * Compatibility with RP1 displays added
+  * Theme files monitored by pixdecor plugin to load changes on the fly
+  * Main menu shortcut to The Magpi website restored
+  * GTK+2 theme harmonised with GTK+3 theme to enable more uniform theming of Qt applications
+  * Battery monitor plugin enabled
+  * Taskbar Preferences menu item added to panel right-click menu
+  * Better reloading of on-the-fly theme changes
+  * Various improvements to Wayfire rendering
+  * Dark GTK theme added
+  * Bug fix - suppressed warning notifications when removing USB devices without mounted filesystems
+  * Bug fix - volume keyboard shortcuts locked up on some devices
+  * Bug fix - correctly handling multiple USB audio devices with same name
+  * Bug fix - some translations not loading in panel plugins
+  * Bug fix - window titlebars disappearing when tiled
+  * Bug fix - local installer service failing to install local deb files
+  * Bug fix - wizard not correctly setting locale when explicit UTF-8 character set required
+  * Bug fix - system updates could fail if an update required the removal of an installed package
+  * Bug fix - prevent file manager windows opening larger than screen size
+  * Bug fix - GPU plugin displaying load percentage as -1
+  * Bug fix - various window manager crashes associated with shadows on certain window types
+  * Bug fix - allow VNC to be enabled if either RealVNC or WayVNC are installed
+  * WayVNC - improved support for encrypted connections
+  * Mathematica now works on Raspberry Pi 5 and 64-bit
+  * Scratch 3 now works on Raspberry Pi 5 and 64-bit
+  * Thonny updated to version 4.1.4
+  * Chromium updated to 119.0.6045.171
+  * Firefox updated to 119.0
+  * gpiod binary tools included in lite images
+  * Japanese translations updated
+  * German translation added to Appearance Settings
+  * Raspberry Pi firmware 12af703dd07d7721c1f2f58c6f71d9fe66270838
+  * Linux kernel 6.1.63
+2023-10-10:
   * Based on Debian bookworm release
   * Support for Raspberry Pi 5
   * Desktop now runs on the Wayfire Wayland compositing window manager on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 platforms; on X11 using the openbox window manager on older platforms
diff --git a/scripts/common b/scripts/common
index 8c54c45..e33ae6e 100644
--- a/scripts/common
+++ b/scripts/common
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ on_chroot() {
 export -f on_chroot
 
 update_issue() {
-	echo -e "Raspberry Pi reference ${IMG_DATE}\nGenerated using ${PI_GEN}, ${PI_GEN_REPO}, ${GIT_HASH}, ${1}" > "${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/rpi-issue"
+	echo -e "${PI_GEN_RELEASE} ${IMG_DATE}\nGenerated using ${PI_GEN}, ${PI_GEN_REPO}, ${GIT_HASH}, ${1}" > "${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/rpi-issue"
 }
 export -f update_issue
 
diff --git a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-packages b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-packages
index 0e6bfb9..55528ad 100644
--- a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-packages
+++ b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-packages
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ console-setup keyboard-configuration debconf-utils parted
 build-essential manpages-dev bash-completion gdb pkg-config
 python-is-python3
 v4l-utils
-python3-libgpiod
+gpiod python3-libgpiod
 python3-gpiozero
 pigpio python3-pigpio raspi-gpio python3-rpi.gpio
 python3-spidev