diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 721f47a4c1..cd2febf341 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 devel
 -----
 
+* upgraded bundled RocksDB version to 5.16.0
+
+* upgraded bundled Snappy compression library to 1.1.7
+
 * improved error messages when managing Foxx services
 
   Install/replace/upgrade will now provide additional information when an error
diff --git a/Documentation/Books/Manual/ReleaseNotes/NewFeatures34.md b/Documentation/Books/Manual/ReleaseNotes/NewFeatures34.md
index 98727861c8..c6d1fcdcb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/Books/Manual/ReleaseNotes/NewFeatures34.md
+++ b/Documentation/Books/Manual/ReleaseNotes/NewFeatures34.md
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ to RocksDB collections, so it should be used with extreme care.
 
 ### RocksDB library upgrade
 
-The version of the bundled RocksDB library was upgraded from 5.9 to 5.15.
+The version of the bundled RocksDB library was upgraded from 5.6 to 5.16.
+
+The version of the bundled Snappy compression library used by RocksDB was upgraded from
+1.1.3 to 1.1.7.
 
 
 Collection and document operations