diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3c49738..b53beab 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #8417: Raise an OverflowError when an integer larger than sys.maxsize is
+  passed to bytearray.
+
 Library
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