diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index a7685f1db..a5ab76738 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Other changes:
 
 * <pathconvert> now accepts nested <mapper>s.  Bugzilla Report 26364.
 
+* Shipped XML parser is now Xerces-J 2.6.2.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.0 to Ant 1.6.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/lib/README b/lib/README
index 2cc7d3226..a056be20e 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 2.6.1 release of
+This directory contains xercesImpl.jar from the 2.6.2 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 81919d3e3..f0fb0e89b 100644
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