diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index eae72c7..42ff010 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@
 Shawn Ligocki
 Martin Ligr
 Gediminas Liktaras
+Vitor de Lima
 Grant Limberg
 Christopher Lindblad
 Ulf A. Lindgren
@@ -1355,6 +1356,7 @@
 Amy Taylor
 Monty Taylor
 Anatoly Techtonik
+Gustavo Temple
 Mikhail Terekhov
 Victor Terrón
 Richard M. Tew
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ef5f9aa..5f550d2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #22038: pyatomic.h now uses stdatomic.h or GCC built-in functions for
+  atomic memory access if available. Patch written by Vitor de Lima and Gustavo
+  Temple.
+
 - Issue #23048: Fix jumping out of an infinite while loop in the pdb.
 
 - Issue #20335: bytes constructor now raises TypeError when encoding or errors