diff --git a/NEWS.org b/NEWS.org
index 858efd90..14318b40 100644
--- a/NEWS.org
+++ b/NEWS.org
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@
       instead of the "vendored" ones. This can be overridden by passing the
       ~-Duse-embedded-cli11=true~ and ~-Duse-embedded-fmt=true~ to Meson.
 
+    - 1.12.13: test commands are now built "lazily", i.e., building is only
+      triggered when running the tests. This speed up the build when not
+      testing
+
 *** mu4e
 
 **** message composer