diff --git a/download.md b/download.md
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@@ -24,19 +24,20 @@ The installer and standalone JAR are distributed as a
 This version is supported on Java 8 (minimum) and 11.
 
 
-## Current Beta Version
-A beta version is available (Jython 2.7.5b1).
+## Current Release Candidate
+
+A candidate 2.7.5 is available (Jython 2.7.5rc1).
 It can be applied:
-- Using the [Jython Installer](https://github.com/jython/jython/releases/download/v2.7.5b1/jython-installer-2.7.5b1.jar).
-- As a [dependency in your build](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.python/jython-slim/2.7.5b1).
-- As the [Jython Standalone JAR](https://github.com/jython/jython/releases/download/v2.7.5b1/jython-standalone-2.7.5b1.jar).
+- Using the [Jython Installer](https://github.com/jython/jython/releases/download/v2.7.5rc1/jython-installer-2.7.5rc1.jar).
+- As a [dependency in your build](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.python/jython-slim/2.7.5rc1).
+- As the [Jython Standalone JAR](https://github.com/jython/jython/releases/download/v2.7.5rc1/jython-standalone-2.7.5rc1.jar).
 
 The installer and standalone JAR are distributed as a
-[GitHub Release](https://github.com/jython/jython/releases/tag/v2.7.5b1).
+[GitHub Release](https://github.com/jython/jython/releases/tag/v2.7.5rc1).
 
 This version is supported on Java 8 (minimum), 11, 17 and 25.
 
-A build from the repository will identify as Jython 2.7.5b2-something.
+A build from the repository will identify as Jython 2.7.5rc2-something.
 
 
 ## Previous Versions
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 ## News
 
+### Jython 2.7.5 release candidate (v2.7.5rc1 November 2026)
+
+A release candidate is now available for Jython 2.7.5 at
+[GitHub](https://github.com/jython/jython/releases/tag/v2.7.5rc1)
+and [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.python).
+The code is unchanged from the last beta version.
+
+
+### Treading Lightly at Sonatype (October 2026)
+
+We are grateful to Sonatype Inc. for continuing to support
+those that give time freely to Open Source Software,
+with free publication through their distribution infrastructure (Maven Central).
+They point however to a
+[problem of sustainability](https://openssf.org/blog/2025/09/23/open-infrastructure-is-not-free-a-joint-statement-on-sustainable-stewardship/)
+in the model as currently practised.
+We can't do much about the under-funding of infrastructure by the industry,
+but we can moderate our own publication.
+
+We are following a slightly changed pattern in the distribution of Jython,
+so that true dependency JARs are hosted at Maven Central as previously
+(the slim, plain and standalone JARs).
+JARs that are not cited as build dependencies but downloaded manually
+(the installer and standalone JARs) are hosted as GitHub Releases.
+Links from the downloads page point there.
+
+
 ### Jython 2.7.5 beta (v2.7.5b1 August 2026)
 
 A beta release is now available for Jython 2.7.5 at [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.python).