diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c4bc494..24bb4bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
         <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.7</version>
+        <version>1.9.9</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 7f05ce4..cf456bc 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 
   <body>
     <release version="0.13" date="2016-xx-xx" description="Current SNAPSHOT - to be done">
+      <action issue="RAT-226" type="add" dev="pottlinger">
+        Update to latest available and compatible Apache ANT 1.9.9.
+      </action>
       <action issue="RAT-222" type="fix" dev="pottlinger">
         Download section does not work if SNAPSHOT is deployed, add download of previous RAT release.
       </action>