diff --git a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junit.html b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junit.html
index 3d6d2a4c4..9f54e833e 100644
--- a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junit.html
+++ b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/junit.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <p>This task runs tests from the JUnit testing framework. The latest
 version of the framework can be found at
 <a href="http://www.junit.org">http://www.junit.org</a>.
-This task has been tested with JUnit 3.0 up to JUnit 3.8.1; it won't
+This task has been tested with JUnit 3.0 up to JUnit 3.8.2; it won't
 work with versions prior to JUnit 3.0. It also works with JUnit 4.0, including
 "pure" JUnit 4 tests using only annotations and no <code>JUnit4TestAdapter</code>.</p>
 <p><strong>Note:</strong> This task depends on external libraries not included
diff --git a/docs/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html b/docs/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
index 999e86bf3..a7b1b11e3 100644
--- a/docs/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
+++ b/docs/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ start the application from that directory and these files will included into the
 <a name="junit">
 <h2>Testing the class</h2>
 <p>In this step we will introduce the usage of the JUnit [3] testframework in combination with Ant. Because Ant
-has a build-in JUnit 3.8.1 you could start directly using it. Write a test class in <tt>src\HelloWorldTest.java</tt>: </p>
+has a built-in JUnit 3.8.2 you could start directly using it. Write a test class in <tt>src\HelloWorldTest.java</tt>: </p>
 
 <pre class="code">
 public class HelloWorldTest extends junit.framework.TestCase {
@@ -506,4 +506,4 @@ need the HTML report just for testing, e.g. if you are fixing an error or a inte
 <p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights Reserved.</p>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/lib/libraries.properties b/lib/libraries.properties
index d5ee4f409..16b3355d4 100644
--- a/lib/libraries.properties
+++ b/lib/libraries.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ commons-logging.version=1.0.4
 commons-logging-api.version=${commons-logging.version}
 jdepend.version=2.7
 jruby.version=0.8.3
-junit.version=3.8.1
+junit.version=3.8.2
 jsch.version=0.1.25
 jython.version=2.1
 log4j.version=1.2.13
diff --git a/lib/optional/README b/lib/optional/README
index 4db6a4753..eed126783 100644
--- a/lib/optional/README
+++ b/lib/optional/README
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-The file junit-3.8.1.jar is version 3.8.1 of JUnit, see the file LICENSE.junit
+The file junit-3.8.2.jar is version 3.8.2 of JUnit, see the file LICENSE.junit
 for the terms of distribution.  For more information about JUnit or
 the latest release, see <http://www.junit.org/>.
diff --git a/lib/optional/junit-3.8.1.jar b/lib/optional/junit-3.8.1.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 674d71e89..000000000
Binary files a/lib/optional/junit-3.8.1.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib/optional/junit-3.8.2.jar b/lib/optional/junit-3.8.2.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8f711d05
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/optional/junit-3.8.2.jar differ
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestRunner.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestRunner.java
index 01f117f2f..39383ded7 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestRunner.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestRunner.java
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ public class JUnitTestRunner implements TestListener, JUnitTaskMirror.JUnitTestR
                     // Check for JDK 5 first. Will *not* help on JDK 1.4
                     // if only junit-4.0.jar in CP because in that case
                     // linkage of whole task will already have failed! But
-                    // will help if CP has junit-3.8.1.jar:junit-4.0.jar.
+                    // will help if CP has junit-3.8.2.jar:junit-4.0.jar.
 
                     // In that case first C.fN will fail with CNFE and we
                     // will avoid UnsupportedClassVersionError.