diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c65607c24f..8318cbd7c3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Release 3.0.0 (in development)
 Dependencies
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+* LaTeX: drop dependency on :program:`extractbb` for image inclusion in
+  Japanese documents as ``.xbb`` files are unneeded by :program:`dvipdfmx`
+  since TeXLive2015 (refs: #6189)
+
 Incompatible changes
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