diff --git a/news/4.40/acknowledgements.md b/news/4.40/acknowledgements.md
index a72c9057..055d1843 100644
--- a/news/4.40/acknowledgements.md
+++ b/news/4.40/acknowledgements.md
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@ Special thanks to all code contributors (alphabetically):
 ||||
 |---|---|---|
 | [Amartya Parijat](https://github.com/amartya4256) | [Andrey Loskutov](https://github.com/iloveeclipse) | [Aung Nanda Oo](https://github.com/NikkiAung) |
-| [Christoph Läubrich](https://github.com/laeubi) | [danthe1st](https://github.com/danthe1st) | [Ed Merks](https://github.com/merks) |
-| [Federico Jeanne](https://github.com/fedejeanne) | [Hannes Wellmann](https://github.com/HannesWell) | [jasmin261098](https://github.com/jasmin261098) |
-| [Heiko Klare](https://github.com/HeikoKlare) | [Knoll, Vladislav](https://github.com/vlakn) | [Lars Vogel](https://github.com/vogella) |
-| [Marcus Hoepfner](https://github.com/marcushoepfner) | [Martin Jobst](https://github.com/mx990) | [Mehmet Karaman](https://github.com/mehmet-karaman) |
-| [NEETHIKA SUMESH](https://github.com/Neethika-sumesh12) | [Patrick Ziegler](https://github.com/ptziegler) | [Ragi George](https://github.com/RagiGeorge) |
-| [Rahul Mohanan](https://github.com/MohananRahul) | [Simeon Andreev](https://github.com/trancexpress) | [Sougandh S](https://github.com/SougandhS) |
-| [Stefan Winkler](https://github.com/xpomul) | [Stephan Wahlbrink](https://github.com/wahlbrink) | [Tobias Melcher](https://github.com/tobias-melcher) |
+| [boa](https://github.com/FoxyBOA) | [Christoph Läubrich](https://github.com/laeubi) | [danthe1st](https://github.com/danthe1st) |
+| [Deepika Udayagiri](https://github.com/deepika-u) | [Ed Merks](https://github.com/merks) | [Elsa Zacharia](https://github.com/elsazac) |
+| [Eric Milles](https://github.com/eric-milles) | [Federico Jeanne](https://github.com/fedejeanne) | [Gesa Hentschke](https://github.com/ghentschke) |
+| [Hannes Wellmann](https://github.com/HannesWell) | [Heiko Klare](https://github.com/HeikoKlare) | [jasmin261098](https://github.com/jasmin261098) |
+| [Knoll, Vladislav](https://github.com/vlakn) | [Kroiß, Florian](https://github.com/FlorianKroiss) | [Lars Vogel](https://github.com/vogella) |
+| [Marcus Hoepfner](https://github.com/marcushoepfner) | [Martin Jobst](https://github.com/mx990) | [Matthias Becker](https://github.com/BeckerWdf) |
+| [Mehmet Karaman](https://github.com/mehmet-karaman) | [Mennig, Robin](https://github.com/r-mennig) | [NEETHIKA SUMESH](https://github.com/Neethika-sumesh12) |
+| [Patrick Ziegler](https://github.com/ptziegler) | [Ragi George](https://github.com/RagiGeorge) | [Rahul Mohanan](https://github.com/MohananRahul) |
+| [Simeon Andreev](https://github.com/trancexpress) | [Sougandh S](https://github.com/SougandhS) | [Stefan Winkler](https://github.com/xpomul) |
+| [Stephan Herrmann](https://github.com/stephan-herrmann) | [Stephan Wahlbrink](https://github.com/wahlbrink) | [sweettypdevassy](https://github.com/sweettypdevassy) |
+| [Tobias Melcher](https://github.com/tobiasmelcher) | [Tobias Melcher](https://github.com/tobias-melcher) | [Vasili Gulevich](https://github.com/basilevs) |
 | [Александър Куртаков](https://github.com/akurtakov)  |
 <!-- END:   eclipse-platform contributors -->
 
@@ -32,13 +36,17 @@ Special thanks to all code contributors (alphabetically):
 <!-- START: eclipse-jdt contributors -->
 ||||
 |---|---|---|
-| [Andrey Loskutov](https://github.com/iloveeclipse) | [BoykoAlex](https://github.com/BoykoAlex) | [danthe1st](https://github.com/danthe1st) |
-| [Ed Merks](https://github.com/merks) | [Eric Milles](https://github.com/eric-milles) | [Federico Jeanne](https://github.com/fedejeanne) |
-| [Hannes Wellmann](https://github.com/HannesWell) | [Harisankar S](https://github.com/Harisankars007) | [Ivan](https://github.com/inuyasha82) |
-| [Jay Arthanareeswaran](https://github.com/jarthana) | [Jeff Johnston](https://github.com/jjohnstn) | [kaluchi](https://github.com/kaluchi) |
-| [Heiko Klare](https://github.com/HeikoKlare) | [Noopur Gupta](https://github.com/noopur2507) | [Ragi George](https://github.com/RagiGeorge) |
-| [Rob Stryker](https://github.com/robstryker) | [Simeon Andreev](https://github.com/trancexpress) | [Sougandh S](https://github.com/SougandhS) |
-| [Srikanth Sankaran](https://github.com/srikanth-sankaran) | [Stephan Herrmann](https://github.com/stephan-herrmann) | [Suby S Surendran](https://github.com/subyssurendran666) |
+| [Andrey Loskutov](https://github.com/iloveeclipse) | [Arcadiy Ivanov](https://github.com/arcivanov) | [BoykoAlex](https://github.com/BoykoAlex) |
+| [Carsten Hammer](https://github.com/carstenartur) | [danthe1st](https://github.com/danthe1st) | [Ed Merks](https://github.com/merks) |
+| [Elsa Zacharia](https://github.com/elsazac) | [Eric Milles](https://github.com/eric-milles) | [Federico Jeanne](https://github.com/fedejeanne) |
+| [Florian Schwabe](https://github.com/flori-schwa) | [Hannes Wellmann](https://github.com/HannesWell) | [Harisankar S](https://github.com/Harisankars007) |
+| [Heiko Klare](https://github.com/HeikoKlare) | [Ivan](https://github.com/inuyasha82) | [Jay Arthanareeswaran](https://github.com/jarthana) |
+| [Jeff Johnston](https://github.com/jjohnstn) | [kaluchi](https://github.com/kaluchi) | [Lars Vogel](https://github.com/vogella) |
+| [Manoj N Palat](https://github.com/mpalat) | [NEETHIKA SUMESH](https://github.com/Neethika-sumesh12) | [Noopur Gupta](https://github.com/noopur2507) |
+| [Philipp0205](https://github.com/Philipp0205) | [Ragi George](https://github.com/RagiGeorge) | [Rob Stryker](https://github.com/robstryker) |
+| [Simeon Andreev](https://github.com/trancexpress) | [Sougandh S](https://github.com/SougandhS) | [Srikanth Sankaran](https://github.com/srikanth-sankaran) |
+| [Stephan Herrmann](https://github.com/stephan-herrmann) | [Suby S Surendran](https://github.com/subyssurendran666) | [sweettypdevassy](https://github.com/sweettypdevassy) |
+| [wenyutang-ms](https://github.com/wenytang-ms) | [Александър Куртаков](https://github.com/akurtakov)  |
 <!-- END:   eclipse-jdt contributors -->
 
 ## Plug-in Development Environment
@@ -49,8 +57,10 @@ Special thanks to all code contributors (alphabetically):
 ||||
 |---|---|---|
 | [Andrey Loskutov](https://github.com/iloveeclipse) | [Christoph Läubrich](https://github.com/laeubi) | [Ed Merks](https://github.com/merks) |
-| [Hannes Wellmann](https://github.com/HannesWell) | [Heiko Klare](https://github.com/HeikoKlare) | [Lars Vogel](https://github.com/vogella) |
-| [Patrick Ziegler](https://github.com/ptziegler) | [Simeon Andreev](https://github.com/trancexpress)  |
+| [Elsa Zacharia](https://github.com/elsazac) | [Federico Jeanne](https://github.com/fedejeanne) | [Hannes Wellmann](https://github.com/HannesWell) |
+| [Heiko Klare](https://github.com/HeikoKlare) | [Lars Vogel](https://github.com/vogella) | [Mennig, Robin](https://github.com/r-mennig) |
+| [Neha Burnwal](https://github.com/nburnwal09) | [Oliver Lins](https://github.com/p-O-q) | [Patrick Ziegler](https://github.com/ptziegler) |
+| [Simeon Andreev](https://github.com/trancexpress)  |
 <!-- END:   eclipse-pde contributors -->
 
 ## Equinox
@@ -61,7 +71,8 @@ Special thanks to all code contributors (alphabetically):
 ||||
 |---|---|---|
 | [Andrey Loskutov](https://github.com/iloveeclipse) | [Christoph Läubrich](https://github.com/laeubi) | [Ed Merks](https://github.com/merks) |
-| [Hannes Wellmann](https://github.com/HannesWell) | [Mykola Nikishov](https://github.com/manandbytes) | [Nikolay Prodanov](https://github.com/jitzerttok51) |
+| [Hannes Wellmann](https://github.com/HannesWell) | [Heiko Klare](https://github.com/HeikoKlare) | [Lars Vogel](https://github.com/vogella) |
+| [Mykola Nikishov](https://github.com/manandbytes) | [Nikolay Prodanov](https://github.com/jitzerttok51) | [Suby S Surendran](https://github.com/subyssurendran666) |
 | [Thomas Watson](https://github.com/tjwatson) | [William Riley](https://github.com/Kummallinen) | [Александър Куртаков](https://github.com/akurtakov) |
 <!-- END:   eclipse-equinox contributors -->