diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8397f4d9..a13d3d1d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ will consitute of a breaking change warranting a new major release:
 
 - Swapped PL and PS I2C, BPX battery and MGT are connected to PS I2C now for firmware versions
   above v4. However, this software version ins compatible to both v3 and v4 of the firmware.
+- The firmware version variables are global statics inititalized early during the program
+  runtime now. This makes it possible to check the firmware version earlier.
 
 # [v6.0.0] 2023-07-02