diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index 2d483a26e58..2c5b0f499a6 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ Build and C API Changes
 
 * The ``--enable-optimizations`` configure flag has been added. Turning it on
   will activate expensive optimizations like PGO.
-  (Original patch by Alecsandru Patrascu of Intel in :issue:`26539`.)
+  (Original patch by Alecsandru Patrascu of Intel in :issue:`26359`.)
 
 * The :term:`GIL <global interpreter lock>` must now be held when allocator
   functions of :c:data:`PYMEM_DOMAIN_OBJ` (ex: :c:func:`PyObject_Malloc`) and
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8131bfc9c0c..165e30e0ed7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ Build
 
 - Issue #26307: The profile-opt build now applies PGO to the built-in modules.
 
-- Issue #26539: Add the --with-optimizations flag to turn on LTO and PGO build
+- Issue #26359: Add the --with-optimizations flag to turn on LTO and PGO build
   support when available.
 
 - Issue #27917: Set platform triplets for Android builds.