diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2022-07-24
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2022-10-07
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
 version 1.34.90 (git)
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ version 1.34.90 (git)
 
 ** Fix low-memory crash when reading incremental dumps.
 
+** Fix --exclude-vcs-ignores memory allocation misuse.
+
 
 version 1.34 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2021-02-13