diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS b/release-notes/CREDITS
index bfd9b531fb..67b7ea6dfd 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS
@@ -444,3 +444,9 @@ Ross Goldberg
   * Reported #1165, provided fix for: `CoreXMLDeserializers` does not handle
     time-only `XMLGregorianCalendar`s
    (2.8.0)
+
+Mikhail Kokho (mkokho@github)
+  * Contributed impl for #990: Allow failing on `null` values for creator (add
+  `DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_CREATOR_PROPERTIES`)
+   (2.8.0)
+
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index f2e822b57c..8cafe95002 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 
 2.8.0 (not released yet)
 
+#990: Allow failing on `null` values for creator (add 
+  `DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_CREATOR_PROPERTIES`)
+ (contributed by mkokho@github)
 #1084: Change `TypeDeserializerBase` to take `JavaType` for `defaultImpl`, NOT `Class`
 #1126: Allow deserialization of unknown Enums using a predefined value
  (contributed by Alejandro R)