diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
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@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ External dependencies
   * 7zip (bundled with Julia on Windows) have been upgraded from version 16.04 to 18.05 ([#30035]).
   * Busybox is no longer bundled with Julia on Windows ([#30022]).
   * OpenBLAS have been upgraded from 0.3.2 to 0.3.3 ([#29845]).
+  * The source code for Pkg is no longer included in JuliaLang/julia. Pkg is instead
+    downloaded during the build process ([#29615]).
 
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