diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccaf8f00681..1afe9dd2a72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+## Forest 0.21.1 "Songthaew Plus"
+
+This is an optional release for calibration network node operators. It enables
+F3 by default and includes initial power table CID on calibration network.
+
+### Breaking
+
+### Added
+
 - [#4910](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/issues/4910) Add support for the
   `Filecoin.F3ListParticipants` RPC method.
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 33321048300..227df639f89 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3124,7 +3124,7 @@ checksum = "f81ec6369c545a7d40e4589b5597581fa1c441fe1cce96dd1de43159910a36a2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "forest-filecoin"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.21.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anes 0.2.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ec8328f4a3..ddb9bb2ab40 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "forest-filecoin"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.21.1"
 authors = ["ChainSafe Systems <info@chainsafe.io>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/f3-sidecar/.gitignore b/f3-sidecar/.gitignore
index c0500e324de..cec9b00cba9 100644
--- a/f3-sidecar/.gitignore
+++ b/f3-sidecar/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # The default f3 database folder
-/f3-db
+/f3-data
 # The binary
 f3-sidecar
diff --git a/f3-sidecar/run.go b/f3-sidecar/run.go
index e2ed763ab6d..cb6d4b275de 100644
--- a/f3-sidecar/run.go
+++ b/f3-sidecar/run.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, rpcEndpoint string, jwt string, f3RpcEndpoint stri
 	}
 	verif := blssig.VerifierWithKeyOnG1()
 	m := manifest.LocalDevnetManifest()
-	switch _, initialPowerTable, err := cid.CidFromBytes([]byte(initialPowerTable)); {
+	switch initialPowerTable, err := cid.Parse(initialPowerTable); {
 	case err == nil && initialPowerTable != cid.Undef:
 		logger.Infof("InitialPowerTable is %s", initialPowerTable)
 		m.InitialPowerTable = initialPowerTable
diff --git a/src/networks/mod.rs b/src/networks/mod.rs
index 55632c22aa2..47915bc3f1e 100644
--- a/src/networks/mod.rs
+++ b/src/networks/mod.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ impl ChainConfig {
             f3_consensus: true,
             // 2024-10-24T13:30:00Z
             f3_bootstrap_epoch: 2_081_674,
-            f3_initial_power_table: Default::default(),
+            f3_initial_power_table:
+                "bafy2bzaceab236vmmb3n4q4tkvua2n4dphcbzzxerxuey3mot4g3cov5j3r2c"
+                    .parse()
+                    .expect("invalid f3_initial_power_table"),
             f3_manifest_server: Some(
                 "12D3KooWS9vD9uwm8u2uPyJV32QBAhKAmPYwmziAgr3Xzk2FU1Mr"
                     .parse()