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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ release.
 Breaking Changes
 ----------------
 
+- Zeek and all of its associated submodules now require C++20-capable compilers to
+  build. This will let us move forward in using more modern C++ features and replace some
+  workarounds that we have been carrying. Minimum recommended versions of compilers are
+  GCC 10, Clang 8, and Visual Studio 2022.
+
 - The code base underwent a big cleanup of #include usage, across almost all of the
   files. We tested builds of all of the existing third-party packages and only noticed one
   or two failures, but there is a possibility for breakage related to this cleanup.