diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 51b475ee30..63c609c4e6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Regexp/String::
     * Update Unicode version and Emoji version from 11.0.0 to 12.0.0.
       \[Feature #15321]
 
+    * Update Unicode version to 12.1.0, adding support for
+      U+32FF SQUARE ERA NAME REIWA
+      \[Feature #15195]
+
 === Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)
 
 CSV::