diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a76d64d52c..a9fc420c4a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.7.4rc1 released ---
+
 3124.	[bug]		Use an rdataset attribute flag to indicate
 			negative-cache records rather than using rrtype 0;
 			this will prevent problems when that rrtype is
@@ -9,8 +11,6 @@
 
 3122.	[cleanup]	dnssec-settime: corrected usage message. [RT #24664]
 
-	--- 9.7.4rc1 released ---
-
 3121.   [security]      An authoritative name server sending a negative
                         response containing a very large RRset could
                         trigger an off-by-one error in the ncache code