diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 30a1b9bf0b..1862437c5d 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 
 (not yet released)
 
+#1770: Incorrect deserialization for `BigDecimal` numbers
+ (reported by @cristian-mocanu-mob)
+ (fix contributed by @pjfanning)
 #4184: `BeanDeserializer` updates `currentValue` incorrectly when
   deserialising empty Object
  (reported by @nocny-x)
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/NumberNodes1770Test.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NumberNodes1770Test.java
similarity index 92%
rename from src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/NumberNodes1770Test.java
rename to src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NumberNodes1770Test.java
index 96ccf27999..2eaf375a68 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/NumberNodes1770Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NumberNodes1770Test.java
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
-/**
- * Basic tests for {@link JsonNode} implementations that
- * contain numeric values.
- */
+// Tests for [databind#1770]
 public class NumberNodes1770Test extends BaseMapTest
 {
     private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = newJsonMapper();