diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/7.9.1.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/7.9.1.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb21cb24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/7.9.1.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[eshadoop-7.9.1]]
+== Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop version 7.9.1
+
+ES-Hadoop 7.9.1 is a version compatibility release, tested specifically against 
+Elasticsearch 7.9.1.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
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--- a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 [[release-notes-7]]
 ===== 7.x
 
+* <<eshadoop-7.9.1>>
 * <<eshadoop-7.9.0>>
 * <<eshadoop-7.8.1>>
 * <<eshadoop-7.8.0>>
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ http://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop/issues/XXX[#XXX]
 
 ////////////////////////
 
+include::release-notes/7.9.1.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/7.9.0.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/7.8.1.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/7.8.0.adoc[]