diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/4_3_0/1710-baseorlistparam-visibility.yaml b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/4_3_0/1710-baseorlistparam-visibility.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3e9d956f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/4_3_0/1710-baseorlistparam-visibility.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+type: add
+issue: 1710
+title: The classes BaseOrListParam and BaseParam now have public visibility in order to make it easier to 
+    create more generic APIs. Thanks to GitHub user @ibacher for the pull request!
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2744019eb29..3c612f9982a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -629,6 +629,10 @@
 			<id>gematik-fue</id>
 			<name>gematik FuE</name>
 		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>ibacher</id>
+			<name>Ian</name>
+		</developer>
 	</developers>
 
 	<licenses>