diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/CONTRIBUTING.md b/packages/aws-cdk/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ To run a single integ test in the source tree:
 $ test/integ/run-against-repo test/integ/cli/test.sh -t 'SUBSTRING OF THE TEST NAME'
 ```
 
+To run regression tests in the source tree:
+
+```
+$ test/integ/test-cli-regression-against-current-code.sh [-t '...']
+```
+
 ### CLI integration tests
 
 CLI tests will exercise a number of common CLI scenarios, and deploy actual
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/integ/cli-regression-patches/v1.61.1/NOTES.md b/packages/aws-cdk/test/integ/cli-regression-patches/v1.61.1/NOTES.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Introduced a limitation on bootstrapping qualifier length
+(max 10 chars) but old tests were using qualifiers of 12 chars.
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diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/integ/cli-regression-patches/v1.61.1/skip-tests.txt b/packages/aws-cdk/test/integ/cli-regression-patches/v1.61.1/skip-tests.txt
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This file is empty on purpose. Leave it here as documentation
+# and an example.
+#
+# Copy this file to cli-regression-patches/vX.Y.Z/skip-tests.txt
+# and edit it there if you want to exclude certain tests from running
+# when performing a certain version's regression tests.
+#
+# Put a test name on a line by itself to skip it.
+
+upgrade legacy bootstrap stack to new bootstrap stack while in use
+deploy new style synthesis to new style bootstrap
+deploy new style synthesis to new style bootstrap (with docker image)
+deploy old style synthesis to new style bootstrap
+can dump the template, modify and use it to deploy a custom bootstrap stack
+switch on termination protection, switch is left alone on re-bootstrap
+add tags, left alone on re-bootstrap
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