diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3f059e2316..c87e606432 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 devel
 -----
 
+* moved V8 code into a git submodule
+  this requires running the command
+  
+      git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+  once after a source code update or fresh checkout
+
+* updated V8 version to 5.7.0.0
+
 * change undocumented behaviour in case of invalid revision ids in
   If-Match and If-None-Match headers from 400 (BAD) to 412 (PRECONDITION
   FAILED).