diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index b28cbc824..7d70e95e4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Irene Rusman
 Ivan Ivanov
 Jack J. Woehr
 James Duncan Davidson
+Jan Cumps
 Jan Matèrne
 Jan Mynarik
 Jason Hunter
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 8b7f21055..794ace806 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 * URLResource did not close jar files, and also did not disconnect HTTPConnection (s).
 
+* error calling junitreport. Bugzilla 40595. 
+
 * <junittask/> created junitvmwatcher*.properties files but did not close and delete them.  
 
 * <xmlproperty> did not create properties for empty leaf elements.
diff --git a/contributors.xml b/contributors.xml
index e0cac7ad6..8701ce00a 100644
--- a/contributors.xml
+++ b/contributors.xml
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@
     <first>Jan</first>
     <last>Mat&#232;rne</last>
   </name>
+    <name>
+      <first>Jan</first>
+      <last>Cumps</last>
+    </name>
   <name>
     <first>Jan</first>
     <last>Mynarik</last>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/URLResource.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/URLResource.java
index c7a2e0161..45d83bd14 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/URLResource.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/URLResource.java
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ public class URLResource extends Resource {
      * @throws Throwable on error.
      */
     protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
-        close();
         conn = null;
         super.finalize();
     }