Fix #774 for 2.5.4
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index eed8c98..942311f 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 #771: Annotation bundles ignored when added to Mixin
  (reported by Andrew D)
+#774: NPE from SqlDateSerializer as _useTimestamp is not checked for being null
+ (reported by mrowkow@github)
 - Fix handling of Enums wrt JSON Schema, when 'toString()' used for serialization
 
 2.5.3 (24-Apr-2015)