- Issue #6949: Allow the _dbm extension to be built with db 4.8.x.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2b0bd70..440fe76 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -781,6 +781,8 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #6949: Allow the _dbm extension to be built with db 4.8.x.
+
 - Issue #6544: fix a reference leak in the kqueue implementation's error
   handling.