diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index 7179685d0306..198cd5be330a 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ Optimizations
 
 * GITHUB#12160: Concurrent rewrite for AbstractKnnVectorQuery. (Kaival Parikh)
 
-* GITHUB#12270 Don't generate stacktrace in CollectionTerminatedException. (Armin Braun)
-
 Bug Fixes
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@@ -124,7 +122,8 @@ Improvements
 
 Optimizations
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-(No changes)
+
+* GITHUB#12270 Don't generate stacktrace in CollectionTerminatedException. (Armin Braun)
 
 Bug Fixes
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