diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 4d84668c5..2e3daab7c 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 Other changes:
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+* Shipped XML parser is now Xerces 2.1.0
+
 * <loadproperties> has a new encoding attribute.
 
 * <echoproperties> can now create XML output.