update release notes
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 2260203..706dab9 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  (suggested by Gregoire C, gcxRun@github)
 #1165: CoreXMLDeserializers does not handle time-only XMLGregorianCalendars
  (reported, contributed fix by Ross G)
+#1182: Add the ability to specify the initial capacity of the ArrayNode
+ (suggested by Matt V, mveitas@github)
 #1187: Refactor `AtomicReferenceDeserializer` into `ReferenceTypeDeserializer`
 
 2.7.4 (not yet released)