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 </p>
 
 <p>
-go1.11.8 (released 2019/04/08) fixes an issue where using the prebuilt binary
+go1.11.8 (released 2019/04/08) was accidentally released without its
+intended fix. It is identical to go1.11.7, except for its version
+number. The intended fix is in go1.11.9.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+go1.11.9 (released 2019/04/11) fixes an issue where using the prebuilt binary
 releases on older versions of GNU/Linux
 <a href="https://golang.org/issues/31293">led to failures</a>
 when linking programs that used cgo.