diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 1da0eebfd..dcb4672ca 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Picocli 4.7.0 introduced a `sortSynopsis = false` attribute to let the synopsis
 
 ## <a name="4.7.0-fixes"></a> Fixed issues
 * [#1599] API: The `picocli-codegen` artifact is now a named JPMS module with a `module-info.class`.
+* [#1600] API: Add `requires static java.sql` to picocli `module-info`.
 * [#1471] API: Provide a programmatic way to configure Picocli's `TraceLevel`. Thanks to [ekinano](https://github.com/ekinano) for raising this.
 * [#1125] API: Add parser configuration to allow options to consume values that match subcommand names or option names.
 * [#1396][#1401] API: Support generic types in containers (e.g. List, Map). Thanks to [Michał Górniewski](https://github.com/mgorniew) for the pull request.
diff --git a/src/main/java9/module-info.java b/src/main/java9/module-info.java
index a8967865c..f2fcca1df 100644
--- a/src/main/java9/module-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java9/module-info.java
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@
 
 module info.picocli {
     exports picocli;
+    requires static java.sql;
 }