diff --git a/deploy-notes.md b/deploy-notes.md
index 24339a2f..cf43b346 100644
--- a/deploy-notes.md
+++ b/deploy-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+- Needs jay-compositor release.
+
 # 1.8.0
 
 - Needs jay-config release.
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 51db1068..66f7ed19 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+This release replaces xkbcommon by the kbvm crate.
+
+This is a huge change in how input is handled. The intention is that this is completely
+invisible to users.
+
+Therefore this release contains only this change. You can downgrade to the previous
+release to switch back to xkbcommon without any loss in functionality. In this case please
+report what is broken.
+
 # 1.8.0 (2025-01-27)
 
 - Various bugfixes.