diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cde7a5368e..2a0ebaa2de 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.12.0rc1 released ---
+
 4841.	[bug]		Address -fsanitize=undefined warnings. [RT #46786]
 
 4840.	[test]		Add tests to cover fallback to using ZSK on inactive
@@ -22,8 +24,6 @@
 			were multiple DNSKEY algorithms for the zone.
 			[RT #46743]
 
-	--- 9.12.0rc1 released ---
-
 4836.	[bug]		Zones created using "rndc addzone" could
 			temporarily fail to inherit an "allow-transfer"
 			ACL that had been configured in the options