diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 124bdf320a..e74544f489 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Synapse 1.46.0 (2021-11-02)
 ===========================
 
+The cause of the [performance regression affecting Synapse 1.44](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11049) has been identified and fixed. ([\#11177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11177))
+
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
@@ -10,8 +12,6 @@ Bugfixes
 Synapse 1.46.0rc1 (2021-10-27)
 ==============================
 
-The cause of the [performance regression affecting Synapse 1.44](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11049) has been identified and fixed. ([\#11177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11177))
-
 Features
 --------