diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index 27c403e2813b..41db2a06138a 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ Optimizations
 
 * GITHUB#12552: Make FSTPostingsFormat load FSTs off-heap. (Tony X)
 
-* GITHUB#12382: Faster top-level conjunctions on term queries when sorting by
-  descending score. (Adrien Grand)
-
 Bug Fixes
 ---------------------
 
@@ -160,6 +157,9 @@ Optimizations
 
 * GITHUB#12573: Use radix sort to speed up the sorting of deleted terms. (Guo Feng)
 
+* GITHUB#12382: Faster top-level conjunctions on term queries when sorting by
+  descending score. (Adrien Grand)
+
 Changes in runtime behavior
 ---------------------