diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index bffffa6d1b..9eaa193445 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+8.0.0-dev.601 | 2025-07-07 20:07:30 +0200
+
+  * script_opt/IDOptInfo: Add NOLINT(bugprone-branch-clone) (Arne Welzel, Corelight)
+
 8.0.0-dev.599 | 2025-07-07 18:17:15 +0200
 
   * Bump zeekjs to v0.18.0 (Arne Welzel, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2aeba4637d..9afaac7ea8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-dev.599
+8.0.0-dev.601
diff --git a/src/script_opt/IDOptInfo.cc b/src/script_opt/IDOptInfo.cc
index ced93878b9..026e111b97 100644
--- a/src/script_opt/IDOptInfo.cc
+++ b/src/script_opt/IDOptInfo.cc
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ int IDOptInfo::FindRegionBeforeIndex(int stmt_num) {
         // or
         // It's active at the beginning of the statement of interest.
         if ( ur.EndsAfter() == NO_DEF || ur.EndsAfter() >= stmt_num )
-            region_ind = i;
+            region_ind = i; // NOLINT(bugprone-branch-clone)
 
         else if ( ur.EndsAfter() == stmt_num - 1 && ur.EndedDueToAssignment() ) {
             // There's one other possibility, which occurs for a series of