diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-index-management.release-notes-2.18.0.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-index-management.release-notes-2.18.0.0.md
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@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ Compatible with OpenSearch 2.18.0
 * bump bwc version after 2.17 release ([#1259](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management/pull/1259))
 * Move non-active maintainer to emeritus ([#1263](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management/pull/1263))
 * Update CI check for integ-test-with-security to run all integ tests with security ([#1243](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management/pull/1243))
-* Remove 2 instances wildcard imports ([#1251](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management/pull/1251))
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+* Remove 2 instances wildcard imports ([#1251](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management/pull/1251))
+* Updating baseline JDK version to JDK-21 ([#1276](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management/pull/1276))
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