diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 0c24b7468..256a851d1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ Miha
 Mike Davis
 Mike Roberts
 mnowostawski
+Mounir
 Nathan Beyer
 Nick Chalko
 Nick Fortescue
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 1aab08cd3..5c1eaec42 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Fixed bugs:
    error output stream some "Pipe broken" errors.
    Bugzilla Report 48789.
 
+ * ZipFile failed to clean up some resources which could lead to
+   OutOfMemoryException while unzipping large archives.
+   Bugzilla Report 42969.
+
 Other changes:
 --------------
 
diff --git a/contributors.xml b/contributors.xml
index f0bf380dc..d68bbcc3c 100644
--- a/contributors.xml
+++ b/contributors.xml
@@ -976,6 +976,9 @@
   <name>
     <last>mnowostawski</last>
   </name>
+  <name>
+    <last>Mounir</last>
+  </name>
   <name>
     <first>Nathan</first>
     <last>Beyer</last>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/ZipFile.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/ZipFile.java
index acb6f3d1b..074792018 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/ZipFile.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/ZipFile.java
@@ -269,7 +269,13 @@ public class ZipFile {
                 return bis;
             case ZipEntry.DEFLATED:
                 bis.addDummy();
-                return new InflaterInputStream(bis, new Inflater(true));
+                final Inflater inflater = new Inflater(true);
+                return new InflaterInputStream(bis, inflater) {
+                    public void close() throws IOException {
+                        super.close();
+                        inflater.end();
+                    }
+                };
             default:
                 throw new ZipException("Found unsupported compression method "
                                        + ze.getMethod());