diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index d3576043a..5c5709a9a 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ Other changes:
 
 * MailLogger now sets the Date header correctly.
 
+* Shipped XML parser is now Xerces 2.2.1
+
 Changes from Ant 1.5.1Beta1 to 1.5.1
 ====================================
 
diff --git a/lib/README b/lib/README
index 5b0d1906c..24762b9fd 100644
--- a/lib/README
+++ b/lib/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Please refer to the Ant manual under Installing Ant / Library
 Dependencies for a list of the jar requirements for various optional
 tasks and features.
 
-This directory contains xercesImpl.jar from the 2.2.0 release of
+This directory contains xercesImpl.jar from the 2.2.1 release of
 Apache Xerces.  For more information or newer releases see
 <http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/>.  See the file LICENSE.xerces for
 the terms of distribution.
diff --git a/lib/xercesImpl.jar b/lib/xercesImpl.jar
index d41cf97ed..bdb2de648 100644
Binary files a/lib/xercesImpl.jar and b/lib/xercesImpl.jar differ