Merge branch '2.x' into 3.x

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -4,17 +4,23 @@ Project: jackson-dataformat-xml
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.21.0 (not yet released)
+2.21.0 (18-Jan-2026)
 
 #114: `XmlMapper` does not support `StreamReadFeature.STRICT_DUPLICATE_DETECTION`
  (reported by @cpopp)
 
+2.20.1 (30-Oct-2025)
+
+No changes since 2.20.0
+
 2.20.0 (28-Aug-2025)
 
 #768: `FromXmlParser` lacks extension point for passing custom `XmlTokenStream`
  (contributed by @xzxiaoshan)
 - Generate SBOMs [JSTEP-14]
 
+2.19.4 (29-Oct-2025)
+2.19.3 (29-Oct-2025)
 2.19.2 (18-Jul-2025)
 
 No changes since 2.19.1
@@ -35,6 +41,7 @@ No changes since 2.19.1
  (contributed by @duoduobingbing)
 - Upgrade Woodstox to 7.1.0
 
+2.18.5 (27-Oct-2025)
 2.18.4 (06-May-2025)
 2.18.3 (28-Feb-2025)