Fix #1711
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index ed79967..deb5b36 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
=== Releases ===
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2.8.9.1 (not yet released)
+2.8.10 (not yet released)
#1657: `StdDateFormat` deserializes dates with no tz/offset as UTC instead of
configured timezone
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
with a recursive value type
(reported by Kevin G)
#1679: `StackOverflowError` in Dynamic `StdKeySerializer`
+#1711: Delegating creator fails to work for binary data (`byte[]`) with
+ binary formats (CBOR, Smile)
2.8.9 (12-Jun-2017)