diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index aca06f2..a31bcd5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@
 - Issue #3103: Reduced globals symbols used by sqlite3 module and made sure all
   remaining ones have "pysqlite_" prefix.
 
+- Issue #3846: Release the GIL during sqlite3_prepare calls. This improves
+  concurrent access to the same SQLite database from multiple
+  threads/processes.
+
 Tests
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