diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index b160f76416..3bafbd0940 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-4.1.12
- * ReadCommandController should close fast to avoid deadlock when building secondary index (CASSANDRA-19564)
-Merged from 4.0
- * Updated dtest-api to 0.0.18 and removed JMX-related classes that now live in the dtest-api (CASSANDRA-20884)
-
 4.1.11
+ * ReadCommandController should close fast to avoid deadlock when building secondary index (CASSANDRA-19564)
  * Redact security-sensitive information in system_views.settings (CASSANDRA-20856)
 Merged from 4.0:
+ * Updated dtest-api to 0.0.18 and removed JMX-related classes that now live in the dtest-api (CASSANDRA-20884)
  * Fixed incorrect error message constant for keyspace name length validation (CASSANDRA-20915)
  * update shaded cassandra-driver-core to 3.11.5 (CASSANDRA-20904)