diff --git a/release_notes/ocp-4-8-release-notes.adoc b/release_notes/ocp-4-8-release-notes.adoc
index cb3f087f3b..9994fe8528 100644
--- a/release_notes/ocp-4-8-release-notes.adoc
+++ b/release_notes/ocp-4-8-release-notes.adoc
@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ For more information, see xref:../authentication/managing_cloud_provider_credent
 
 In {product-title} 4.8, the `rhcos4-moderate` profile is now complete. The `ocp4-moderate` profile will be completed in a future release.
 
+[id="ocp-4-8-coreDNS-version-update"]
+==== CoreDNS update to version 1.8.1 
+
+In {product-title} 4.8, CoreDNS uses version 1.8.1, which has several bug fixes, renamed metrics, and dual-stack IPv6 enablement.
+
 [id="ocp-4-8-deprecated-removed-features"]
 == Deprecated and removed features