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@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ The old rule names still work but are deprecated.
 * [#4965](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4965): Fix #4532: \[java] Rename JUnit rules with overly restrictive names - [Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero](https://github.com/jsotuyod) (@jsotuyod)
 * [#5225](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5225): Fix #5067: \[java] CloseResource: False positive for FileSystems.getDefault() - [Lukas Gräf](https://github.com/lukasgraef) (@lukasgraef)
 * [#5241](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5241): Ignore javacc code in coverage report - [Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero](https://github.com/jsotuyod) (@jsotuyod)
+* [#5247](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5247): Fix #5030: \[java] SwitchDensity false positive with pattern matching - [Andreas Dangel](https://github.com/adangel) (@adangel)
 * [#5258](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5258): Ignore generated antlr classes in coverage reports - [Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero](https://github.com/jsotuyod) (@jsotuyod)
 * [#5264](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5264): Fix #5261: \[java] Fix NPE with empty pattern list - [Clément Fournier](https://github.com/oowekyala) (@oowekyala)
 * [#5269](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5269): Fix #5253: \[java] Support Boolean wrapper class for BooleanGetMethodName rule - [Aryant Tripathi](https://github.com/Aryant-Tripathi) (@Aryant-Tripathi)