Summary:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) link to unfavourable prognoses. We explored the mechanism of enhancer of zeste homologue 2/histone H3 of lysine 27 (EZH2/H3K27me3) downregulating C‐X‐C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10) to affect CD8+ T‐cell exhaustion, participating in MDS‐to‐AML transformation. NHD13 mice were treated with GSK126 (EZH2 inhibitor) and CXCL10 neutralizing antibody, with transformation time, blood cell counts and CD8+ T cell determined. SKM‐1 cells treated with short hairpin‐EZH2, overexpressing‐EZH2, GSK126 and CXCL10 were co‐cultured with CD8+ T cells. EZH2, CXCL10, H3K27me3 and EZH2 levels and EZH2 enzyme activity were assessed. CD8+ T‐cell cytotoxicity, exhaustion, apoptosis and SKM‐1 cell malignant behaviours were evaluated. In vivo, EZH2 inhibition upregulated CXCL10, decelerating MDS to AML transformation and delaying CD8+ T‐cell exhaustion. EZH2 inhibition elevated peripheral blood cells, alleviated splenomegaly, reduced CD8+ T cells, elevated CD8+ T cytotoxicity and abated CD8+ T‐cell exhaustion in NHD13 mice. CXCL10 neutralizing antibody accelerated AML transformation by inhibiting CD8+ T‐cell exhaustion via EZH2. In vitro, EZH2 overexpression facilitated CD8+ T‐cell exhaustion and SKM‐1 cell malignant behaviours. EZH2‐mediated H3K27me3 curbed CXCL10 transcription and secretion. Collectively, EZH2/H3K27me3 downregulates CXCL10 to facilitate CD8+ T‐cell exhaustion, accelerating transformation from MDS to AML.