diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05d09c2..1ed582a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <section class="release" id="unreleased">
 
-## Unreleased (2024-12-24)
+## Unreleased (2025-01-12)
 
 <section class="features">
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This release closes the following issue:
 
 <details>
 
+-   [`97c434d`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/97c434de1ac819d4f616202b10ebdce3970a76d8) - **chore:** directly draw from the desired distribution instead of adding constants _(by Philipp Burckhardt)_
 -   [`b7867cb`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/b7867cbb3a4fc453e19203794402c36f19b264fd) - **chore:** minor clean-up _(by Philipp Burckhardt)_
 -   [`603c766`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/603c76686fc8de480628e5b96efd9733b1f059b5) - **test:** only conditionally run tests _(by Philipp Burckhardt)_
 -   [`daf43b2`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/daf43b2052a0ad89fa4c72caee6d7caedcc4cc38) - **feat:** add C implementation for `stats/base/dists/triangular/mode` [(#4008)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/4008) _(by Prashant Kumar Yadav, Philipp Burckhardt)_
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 173c07b..92d7552 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Daniel Killenberger <daniel.killenberger@gmail.com>
 Daniel Yu <40680511+Daniel777y@users.noreply.github.com>
 Debashis Maharana <debashismaharana7854@gmail.com>
 Desh Deepak Kant <118960904+DeshDeepakKant@users.noreply.github.com>
+Dhruv Arvind Singh <154677013+DhruvArvindSingh@users.noreply.github.com>
 Divyansh Seth <59174836+sethdivyansh@users.noreply.github.com>
 Dominic Lim <46486515+domlimm@users.noreply.github.com>
 Dominik Moritz <domoritz@gmail.com>
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ Joey Reed <joeyrreed@gmail.com>
 Jordan Gallivan <115050475+Jordan-Gallivan@users.noreply.github.com>
 Joris Labie <joris.labie1@gmail.com>
 Justin Dennison <justin1dennison@gmail.com>
+Karan Anand <119553199+anandkaranubc@users.noreply.github.com>
 Karthik Prakash <116057817+skoriop@users.noreply.github.com>
 Kohantika Nath <145763549+kohantikanath@users.noreply.github.com>
 Krishnendu Das <86651039+itskdhere@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ UtkershBasnet <119008923+UtkershBasnet@users.noreply.github.com>
 Vaibhav Patel <98279986+noobCoderVP@users.noreply.github.com>
 Varad Gupta <varadgupta21@gmail.com>
 Vinit Pandit <106718914+MeastroZI@users.noreply.github.com>
-Vivek maurya <155618190+vivekmaurya001@users.noreply.github.com>
+Vivek Maurya <vm8118134@gmail.com>
 Xiaochuan Ye <tap91624@gmail.com>
 Yaswanth Kosuru <116426380+yaswanthkosuru@users.noreply.github.com>
 Yernar Yergaziyev <yernar.yergaziyev@erg.kz>
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index e6e7482..cbd3a29 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016-2024 The Stdlib Authors.
+Copyright (c) 2016-2025 The Stdlib Authors.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f8acc0..a14184f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ int main( void ) {
 
     for ( i = 0; i < 25; i++ ) {
         a = random_uniform( 0.0, 10.0 );
-        b = random_uniform( 0.0, 10.0 ) + a;
+        b = random_uniform( a, a+10.0 );
         c = random_uniform( a, b ); // mode between a and b
         y = stdlib_base_dists_triangular_mode( a, b, c );
         printf( "a: %lf, b: %lf, c: %lf, M(X;a,b,c): %lf\n", a, b, c, y );
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ See [LICENSE][stdlib-license].
 
 ## Copyright
 
-Copyright &copy; 2016-2024. The Stdlib [Authors][stdlib-authors].
+Copyright &copy; 2016-2025. The Stdlib [Authors][stdlib-authors].
 
 </section>
 
diff --git a/examples/c/example.c b/examples/c/example.c
index 9f3b98f..b46cf70 100644
--- a/examples/c/example.c
+++ b/examples/c/example.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int main( void ) {
 
 	for ( i = 0; i < 25; i++ ) {
 		a = random_uniform( 0.0, 10.0 );
-		b = random_uniform( 0.0, 10.0 ) + a;
+		b = random_uniform( a, a+10.0 );
 		c = random_uniform( a, b ); // mode between a and b
 		y = stdlib_base_dists_triangular_mode( a, b, c );
 		printf( "a: %lf, b: %lf, c: %lf, M(X;a,b,c): %lf\n", a, b, c, y );