diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
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@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Bugs fixed
   singlehtml and so on)
 * #8239: Failed to refer a token in productionlist if it is indented
 * #8268: linkcheck: Report HTTP errors when ``linkcheck_anchors`` is ``True``
+* #8245: linkcheck: take source directory into account for local files
 * #6914: figure numbers are unexpectedly assigned to uncaptioned items
 
 Testing