diff --git a/news/10869.bugfix.rst b/news/10869.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b19368f8d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/10869.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use ``html.parser`` by default, instead of falling back to ``html5lib`` when ``--use-deprecated=html5lib`` is not passed.