diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
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+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 ### External Contributions
 
 *   [#1424](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1424): \[doc] #1341 Updating Regex Values in default Value Property - [avishvat](https://github.com/vishva007)
+*   [#1428](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1428): \[core] Upgrading JCommander from 1.48 to 1.72 - [Thunderforge](https://github.com/Thunderforge)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}