diff --git a/_includes/alert.html b/_includes/alert.html
index c06295ad..e18d174a 100644
--- a/_includes/alert.html
+++ b/_includes/alert.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <section
     class="usa-section bg-accent-warm text-ink text-bold text-center margin-bottom-1 padding-y-1 tablet:padding-bottom-05"
     aria-label="site-wide alert">
-    Applications for the 2025 U.S. Digital Corps cohort are now open. As of today, applications for our cybersecurity and data science & analytics tracks are closed, but we are still accepting applications for our other three tracks — <br class="display-inline tablet:display-none" />
+    2025 U.S. Digital Corps cohort applications for our cybersecurity and data science & analytics tracks are closed, but we are still accepting applications for our other three tracks — <br class="display-inline tablet:display-none" />
     <a class="usa-link" href="{{site.baseurl}}/apply/">Apply here!</a>
 </section>
 {% else %}