diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 0803f5350..13df24b71 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Fixed bugs:
    to be readably by Java5.
    Bugzilla Report 54762.
 
+ * Fixed loading of external dependencies in JUnit task.
+   Bugzilla Report 54835.
+
 Other changes:
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diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
index 4a4305a44..82ca4f2b4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
@@ -773,6 +773,10 @@ public class JUnitTask extends Task {
                                          "SummaryJUnitResultFormatter",
                                          "TearDownOnVmCrash",
                                          "XMLJUnitResultFormatter",
+                                         "IgnoredTestListener",
+                                         "IgnoredTestResult",
+                                         "CustomJUnit4TestAdapterCache",
+                                         "TestListenerWrapper"
                                      });
                 }
             });