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)