diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 365b5caa9a..3cca4da41a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 
 ### New and noteworthy
 
+#### New rules
+
+*   The new Java rule {% rule "java/codestyle/FinalParameterInAbstractMethod" %} detects parameters that are
+    declared as final in interfaces or abstract methods. Declaring the parameters as final is useless
+    because the implementation may choose to not respect it.
+
+```xml
+    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/FinalParameterInAbstractMethod" />
+```
+
+   The rule is part of the quickstart.xml ruleset.
+
 #### Modified rules
 
 *   The Apex rule {% rule "apex/documentation/ApexDoc" %} has a new property `reportProperty`.
@@ -37,6 +49,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 *   [#3688](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3688): \[java] Bump log4j to 2.16.0 - [Sergey Nuyanzin](https://github.com/snuyanzin)
 *   [#3693](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3693): \[apex] ApexDoc: Add reportProperty property - [Steve Babula](https://github.com/babula)
 *   [#3713](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3713): \[java] Enhance UnnecessaryModifier to support records - [Vincent Galloy](https://github.com/vgalloy)
+*   [#3720](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3720): \[java] New rule: FinalParameterInAbstractMethod - [Vincent Galloy](https://github.com/vgalloy)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
 
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/6420.xml b/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/6420.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0770021fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/6420.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<ruleset name="6420"
+    xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 https://pmd.sourceforge.io/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
+  <description>
+This ruleset contains links to rules that are new in PMD v6.42.0
+  </description>
+
+    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/FinalParameterInAbstractMethod" />
+
+</ruleset>