diff --git a/backend/CHANGELOG.md b/backend/CHANGELOG.md
index 27d0174d0..4917b0ca3 100644
--- a/backend/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/backend/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Unreleased changes
 
+- Support Concordium Protocol Version 7.
+  - Transition between Delegation and Validating immediately.
+  - Stake changes are immediate.
+- Fix bug in validation which was branching on the node software version instead of the protocol version.
+
 ## 1.8.19
 - Bugfix
     - Fix performance of account statement export, by adding an index on table `graphql_account_statement_entries`, and streaming the data.
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 8d5a55d9d..f322a4e48 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-# Introduction 
+# Introduction
 This is the backend of Concordium Scan.
 
 # Getting Started
+
+This project depends on [concordium-net-sdk](https://github.com/Concordium/concordium-net-sdk) as a Git Submodule, which can be installed using:
+
+```
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+```
+
+Check out the readme of this dependency for how to build it.
+
 ## Prerequisites
 The following prerequisites must be met in order to run the test suite and/or run the backend locally: