diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index 198cd5be330a..79281e9ccf89 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 * GITHUB#12212: Bug fix for a DrillSideways issue where matching hits could occasionally be missed. (Frederic Thevenet)
 
+* GITHUB#12260: Fix SynonymQuery equals implementation to take the targeted field name into account (Luca Cavanna)
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