diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 249d43677..1988638ee 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Bruce Atherton
 Cedomir Igaly
 Charles Hudak
 Charlie Hubbard
+Chris Hegarty
 Chris Povirk
 Christian Knorr
 Christian Schmidt
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ Valentino Miazzo
 Victor Toni
 Vimil Saju
 Vincent Legoll
+Vincent Privat
 Vitold Sedyshev
 Volker Leidl
 Waldek Herka
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index b18bba5fb..bd90733d6 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Fixed bugs:
    NTFS filesystems and re-created archives more often than necessary.
    Bugzilla Report 59562
 
+ * AntClassLoader didn't delegate to the parent loader for classes in
+   the "jdk" package or one of its subpackages. This hierarchy has
+   been introduced with Java 7.
+   Bugzilla Report 59556
+
 Other changes:
 --------------
 
diff --git a/contributors.xml b/contributors.xml
index bf49ac3ed..1356f3801 100644
--- a/contributors.xml
+++ b/contributors.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@
     <first>Charlie</first>
     <last>Hubbard</last>
   </name>
+  <name>
+    <first>Chris</first>
+    <last>Hegarty</last>
+  </name>
   <name>
     <first>Chris</first>
     <last>Povirk</last>
@@ -1616,6 +1620,10 @@
     <first>Vincent</first>
     <last>Legoll</last>
   </name>
+  <name>
+    <first>Vincent</first>
+    <last>Privat</last>
+  </name>
   <name>
     <first>Vimil</first>
     <last>Saju</last>