Add release notes wrt #253
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index b83ff4a..0871810 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
=== Releases ===
------------------------------------------------------------------------
+2.8.0 (not yet released)
+
+#253: Add `JsonGenerator. writeEmbeddedObject()` to allow writes of opaque native types
+ (suggested by Gregoire C)
+
2.7.2 (not yet released)
#246: Fix UTF8JsonGenerator to allow QUOTE_FIELD_NAMES to be toggled