diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b1413c29a5..b3b76f4613 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+## Version 11.12.0
+
+Documentation:
+
+- referenced missing 3rd party ES|QL grammar to SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES [Elastic][]
+
+CONTRIBUTORS
+
+[Elastic]: https://github.com/elastic
+
+
 ## Version 11.11.2
 
 Themes:
diff --git a/SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.md b/SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.md
index c0a9ae6e58..ac44b2faf0 100644
--- a/SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.md
+++ b/SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ The table below shows the full list of languages (and corresponding classes/alia
 | Elixir                  | elixir                 |         |
 | Elm                     | elm                    |         |
 | Erlang                  | erlang, erl            |         |
+| ES|QL              | esql                   | [highlightjs-esql](https://github.com/elastic/highlightjs-esql) |
 | Excel                   | excel, xls, xlsx       |         |
 | Extempore               | extempore, xtlang, xtm | [highlightjs-xtlang](https://github.com/highlightjs/highlightjs-xtlang) |
 | F#                      | fsharp, fs, fsx, fsi, fsscript   |         |