diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 78904619b..d85a9e993 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ Other changes:
 
 * Add new retry task container.
 
+* <jar> has a new strict attribute that checks if the jar complies with
+  the jar packaging version specification.
 
 Changes from Ant 1.6.5 to Ant 1.7.0
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