diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e9646fa005..71f3196f4e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4261.	[maint]         H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET is 198.97.190.53 and 2001:500:1::53.
+			[RT #40556]
+
 4260.	[security]	Insufficient testing when parsing a message allowed
 			records with an incorrect class to be be accepted,
 			triggering a REQUIRE failure when those records
diff --git a/lib/dns/rootns.c b/lib/dns/rootns.c
index 8d5cc08cc8..81b33830ef 100644
--- a/lib/dns/rootns.c
+++ b/lib/dns/rootns.c
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ static char root_ns[] =
 "F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.5.5.241\n"
 "F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:2F::F\n"
 "G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.112.36.4\n"
-"H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       128.63.2.53\n"
-"H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:1::803F:235\n"
+"H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       198.97.190.53\n"
+"H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:1::53\n"
 "I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.36.148.17\n"
 "I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:7fe::53\n"
 "J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.58.128.30\n"