diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0732ef1d..0c50a495 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (23.10.38) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * The chroot tmpfs mount should only be /var/lib/apt/lists, not
+    /var/lib/apt; the latter breaks changes to /var/lib/apt/extended_states.
+    LP: #2036195.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 16 Sep 2023 17:25:22 -0700
+
 livecd-rootfs (23.10.37) mantic; urgency=medium
 
   * fix: ensure minimize-manual script uses passed in argument for all commands (LP: #2036198)
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 84e062c9..b9ac85ec 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ setup_mountpoint() {
     # cgroup2 mount for LP: 1944004
     mount -t cgroup2 none "$mountpoint/sys/fs/cgroup"
     mount -t tmpfs none "$mountpoint/tmp"
-    mount -t tmpfs none "$mountpoint/var/lib/apt"
+    mount -t tmpfs none "$mountpoint/var/lib/apt/lists"
     mount -t tmpfs none "$mountpoint/var/cache/apt"
     mv "$mountpoint/etc/resolv.conf" resolv.conf.tmp
     cp /etc/resolv.conf "$mountpoint/etc/resolv.conf"