diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index b3386fee62..1b4dbbb11c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Changelog
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  * Fix: Fix incorrect method name in SiteMiddleware deprecation warning (LB (Ben Johnston))
+ * Fix: ``wagtail.contrib.sitemaps`` no longer depends on SiteMiddleware (Matt Westcott)
+
 
 2.9 (04.05.2020)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.9.1.rst b/docs/releases/2.9.1.rst
index 8f21eb48dc..ab737f78b9 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.9.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.9.1.rst
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
  * Fix incorrect method name in SiteMiddleware deprecation warning (LB (Ben Johnston))
+ * ``wagtail.contrib.sitemaps`` no longer depends on SiteMiddleware (Matt Westcott)