diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2bffa7d682196..3fc8c753ecee2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Implemented asymmetric visibility for properties. (ilutov)
 
 - Curl:
+  . Added CURLOPT_PREREQFUNCTION Curl option to set a custom callback
+    after the connection is established, but before the request is
+    performed. (Ayesh Karunaratne)
   . Added CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, which was formerly known as
     CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT. (Ayesh Karunaratne)
 
diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index fc8d8d5ca2818..6394b5952768c 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ PHP 8.4 UPGRADE NOTES
     supported (true) or not (false).
   . Added CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3 and CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3ONLY constants (available
     since libcurl 7.66 and 7.88) as available options for CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION.
+  . Added CURLOPT_PREREQFUNCTION as a Curl option that accepts a callback to
+    be called after the connection is made, but before the request is sent.
+    The callback must return either CURL_PREREQFUNC_OK or CURL_PREREQFUNC_ABORT
+    to allow or abort the request.
   . Added CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, which was formerly known as
     CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT. Both constants hold the same value.
 
@@ -997,7 +1001,10 @@ PHP 8.4 UPGRADE NOTES
 - Curl:
   . CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3.
   . CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3ONLY.
-  . CURL_TCP_KEEPCNT
+  . CURL_TCP_KEEPCNT.
+  . CURLOPT_PREREQFUNCTION.
+  . CURL_PREREQFUNC_OK.
+  . CURL_PREREQFUNC_ABORT.
   . CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT.
 
 - Intl: