diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a35a3b66..72340ee0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ tmp/
 .vscode
 modules/nf-*/**/tests/
 subworkflows/nf-*/**/tests/
+ROADMAP.md
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7103a14..97312acb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [#152](https://github.com/nf-core/references/pull/152) - Add `manifest.diagram` to `nextflow.config`
 - [#154](https://github.com/nf-core/references/pull/154) - Added `--hisat2_skip_splice_sites` parameter to skip splice site extraction for prokaryotic genomes
 - [#155](https://github.com/nf-core/references/pull/155) - Added species-specific STAR index parameters (`--star_sjdbOverhang`, `--star_genomeSAindexNbases`) with per-genome asset file configuration
+- [#159](https://github.com/nf-core/references/pull/159) - Add release roadmap for rnaseq and sarek consumability
 
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