diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 3e4bfdf941..08efdf6b2a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ On both scenarios, disabling the cache takes precedence over setting a cache loc
     *   [#907](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/907): \[java] UnusedPrivateField false-positive with @FXML
     *   [#963](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/965): \[java] ArrayIsStoredDirectly not triggered from variadic functions
 *   java-codestyle
+    *   [#974](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/974): \[java] Merge *StmtMustUseBraces rules
     *   [#983](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/983): \[java] Detect annotations with single value element
 *   java-design
     *   [#837](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/837): \[java] CFGs of declared but not called lambdas are treated as parts of an enclosing method's CFG
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/620.xml b/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/620.xml
index 70c17e4422..5a4a3a3613 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/620.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/620.xml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ This ruleset contains links to rules that are new in PMD v6.2.0
 
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/MissingOverride"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/UnnecessaryAnnotationValueElement"/>
+    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/ControlStatementBraces"/>
 </ruleset>