diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6bc516c..89df596 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml</groupId>
       <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>58</version>
+      <version>59</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ SAX2 and Stax2 APIs
 
     <properties>
       <version.msv>2022.7</version.msv>
-      <version.plugin.javadoc>3.1.1</version.plugin.javadoc>
 
       <!-- Woodstox 7.0 is Java 8+ -->
       <javac.src.version>1.8</javac.src.version>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index dbec829..6e82ef8 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ Project: woodstox
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-7.0.0 (not yet released)
+7.0.0 (21-Jun-2024)
 
 #134: Increase JDK baseline to Java 8
 #194: Remove `QNameCreator` compatibility class
 #196: WstxSAXParser error handling when used with JAXB validation
  (reported by @winfriedgerlach)
 
-6.7.0 (not yet released)
+6.7.0 (21-Jun-2024)
 
 #204: Non-conformant `XMLEventFactory.setLocation(null)`
  (fix provided by Stanimir S)