diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index c8d8fc4c..720636fc 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ git config --add remote.origin.push "+refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master"
 cd ${TMPDIR}
 cat >email.txt <<EOT
 From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
-To: i3-announce@i3.zekjur.net
+To: i3-announce@freelists.org
 Subject: i3 v${RELEASE_VERSION} released
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit