diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/8.8.0-release-notes.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/8.8.0-release-notes.adoc
index 5a3a2a0b00..2b60280328 100644
--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/8.8.0-release-notes.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/8.8.0-release-notes.adoc
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ Welcome actions are configured with the new xref:tinymceai.adoc#tinymceai_chat_w
 
 // CCFR here.
 
+=== Clicking anchor links with special characters could throw a `+querySelectorAll+` error
+// #TINYMCE-8784
+
+Previously, clicking an anchor link whose href contained special characters, such as the semicolons common in Google Web Toolkit (GWT) place tokens like `+#!placetoken;param1=value1;param2=value2+`, threw a `+querySelectorAll+` syntax error: `+Uncaught SyntaxError: Failed to execute 'querySelectorAll' on 'Document': '...' is not a valid selector+`. This occurred both in read-only mode and when using the Link plugin *Open link* feature through the toolbar button, the context menu, and the Alt+Enter keyboard shortcut. The error appeared in the console and prevented navigation to the target bookmark.
+
+In {productname} {release-version}, anchor href values are escaped with `+CSS.escape+` before they are used as `+querySelectorAll+` selectors, so all ASCII special characters in an href are handled. Clicking anchor links with special characters no longer throws an error, and the editor scrolls to the target bookmark across different URL fragment formats.
+
 === The cursor could be placed at the start of a list item instead of the clicked position
 // #TINYMCE-14490