diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index e157334c6..0a48619bf 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ Other changes:
  * Add conditional attributes
    Bugzilla report 43362
 
+ * Recommending to upgrade jsch to 0.1.50, particularly if you are using Java 1.7.
+   jsch is the library behind the sshexec and scp Ant tasks.
+   Versions of jsch older than 0.1.50 fail randomly under Java 1.7 with an error message "verify: false"
+
 Changes from Ant 1.8.4 TO Ant 1.9.0
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/lib/libraries.properties b/lib/libraries.properties
index 5d349a597..d6aee6bcf 100644
--- a/lib/libraries.properties
+++ b/lib/libraries.properties
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jasper-runtime.version=${jasper-compiler.version}
 jdepend.version=2.9.1
 jruby.version=0.9.8
 junit.version=4.11
-jsch.version=0.1.42
+jsch.version=0.1.50
 jython.version=2.1
 #log4j 1.2.15 requires JMS and a few other Sun jars that are not in the m2 repo
 log4j.version=1.2.14
diff --git a/manual/install.html b/manual/install.html
index cec4d3806..552a555fa 100644
--- a/manual/install.html
+++ b/manual/install.html
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ you need jakarta-oro 2.0.8 or later, and <a href="#commons-net">commons-net</a><
     target="_top">http://xml.apache.org/commons/</a>.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td>jsch.jar <b>0.1.42 or later</b></td>
+    <td>jsch.jar <b>0.1.50 or later</b></td>
     <td>sshexec and scp tasks</td>
     <td><a href="http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/index.html"
         target="_top">http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/index.html</a></td>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-jsch/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-jsch/pom.xml
index 56dfba41f..762035921 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-jsch/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-jsch/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
   <version>1.9.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + JSch</name>
   <description>contains the sshexec and scp tasks
-  jsch 0.1.29 might not be available from maven</description>
+  </description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
-      <version>0.1.42</version>
+      <version>0.1.50</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>