diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 77e4189d7f0..aef983eb65a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #7567: autodoc: parametrized types are shown twice for generic types
 * #7637: autodoc: system defined TypeVars are shown in Python 3.9
 * #7611: md5 fails when OpenSSL FIPS is enabled
+* #7626: release package does not contain ``CODE_OF_CONDUCT``
 
 Testing
 --------
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index a5699c23c50..54da42895c5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include LICENSE
 include AUTHORS
 include CHANGES
 include CHANGES.old
+include CODE_OF_CONDUCT
 include CONTRIBUTING.rst
 include EXAMPLES