Manual merge of #2299 (start with 2.9 branch)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 82e6df6..54779ad 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #2251: Getter that returns an abstract collection breaks a delegating `@JsonCreator`
 #2265: Inconsistent handling of Collections$UnmodifiableList vs Collections$UnmodifiableRandomAccessList
  (reported by Joffrey B)
+#2299: Fix for using jackson-databind in an OSGi environment under Android
+ (contributed by Christoph F)
 - Prevent String coercion of `null` in `WritableObjectId` when calling `JsonGenerator.writeObjectId()`,
   mostly relevant for formats like YAML that have native Object Ids