#8401: assigning an int to a bytearray slice (e.g. b[3:4] = 5) now raises an error.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1d4c347..e7dcfca 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #8401: assigning an int to a bytearray slice (e.g. b[3:4] = 5) now
+  raises an error.
+
 - Issue #14700: Fix buggy overflow checks for large width and precision
   in string formatting operations.