Fix #1291
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index d4f29a4..49b2a6f 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
#1288: Type id not exposed for `JsonTypeInfo.As.EXTERNAL_PROPERTY` even when `visible` set to `true`
(reported by libetl@github)
#1289: Optimize construction of `ArrayList`, `LinkedHashMap` instances
+#1291: Backward-incompatible behaviour of 2.8: deserializing enum types
+ with two static factory methods fail by default
2.8.0 (04-Jul-2016)