diff --git a/bin/plugin/commands/common.js b/bin/plugin/commands/common.js
index 57326be7205bfd..4f3e0bb0652435 100644
--- a/bin/plugin/commands/common.js
+++ b/bin/plugin/commands/common.js
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ function calculateVersionBumpFromChangelog(
 		if (
 			lineNormalized.startsWith( '### deprecation' ) ||
 			lineNormalized.startsWith( '### enhancement' ) ||
+			lineNormalized.startsWith( '### new api' ) ||
 			lineNormalized.startsWith( '### new feature' )
 		) {
 			versionBump = 'minor';
diff --git a/packages/blocks/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/blocks/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a45220bdf44af..498eb1bd418252 100644
--- a/packages/blocks/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/blocks/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### New API
+
+-   `registerBlockTypeFromMetadata` method can be used to register a block type using the metadata loaded from `block.json` file ([#30293](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/30293)).
+
 ## 8.0.0 (2021-03-17)
 
 ### Breaking Change