fix a segfault when setting __class__ in __del__ #5283
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 110044a..472c7e6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5283: Setting __class__ in __del__ caused a segfault.
+
 - Issue #5816: complex(repr(z)) now recovers z exactly, even when
   z involves nans, infs or negative zeros.