Prepare for the next release candidate

garydgregory · garydgregory · commit 90d6ad36200a · 2026-01-08T13:04:41.000Z
diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Apache Commons Parent
-Copyright 2006-2025 The Apache Software Foundation
+Copyright 2006-2026 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
 The Apache Software Foundation (https://www.apache.org/).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Apache Commons Parent
 
 [![Java CI](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/actions/workflows/maven.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/actions/workflows/maven.yml)
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.apache.commons/commons-parent?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-parent)
-[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-parent/94.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-parent/94)
+[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-parent/95.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-parent/95)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)
 [![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/commons-parent/badge)](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/commons-parent)
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Alternatively, you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>94</version>
+  <version>95</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+Apache Commons Parent 95 Release Notes
+--------------------------------------
+
+The Apache Commons Parent team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Parent 95.
+
+The Apache Commons Parent POM provides common settings for all Apache Commons components.
+
+This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.
+
+Changes
+-------
+*                   Use spdx 0.5.5 on Java 11, spdx can require Java 17 depending on undocumented behavior which applies for us sometimes on macOS (but never on Java 8). Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 12.3.0 to 12.3.1 #691. Thanks to Gary Gregory, Dependabot.
+*                   Bump commons.pmd-impl.version from 7.19.0 to 7.20.0 #689. Thanks to Gary Gregory, Dependabot.
+*                   Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 12.3.1 to 13.0.0 on Java 21 and up. Thanks to Gary Gregory, Dependabot.
+*                   Bump org.apache:apache from 35 to 36. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+
+
+Historical list of changes: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-parent/changes.html
+
+For complete information on Apache Commons Parent, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
+patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Commons Parent website:
+
+https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-parent/
+
+Enjoy!
+Apache Commons Team
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Apache Commons Parent 94 Release Notes
 --------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     The changes report outputs actions in the order they appear in this file.
      -->
     <body>
-      <release version="95" date="YYYY-MM-DD" description="This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.">
+      <release version="95" date="2026-01-08" description="This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.">
         <!-- FIX -->
         <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Use spdx 0.5.5 on Java 11, spdx can require Java 17 depending on undocumented behavior which applies for us sometimes on macOS (but never on Java 8).</action>
         <!-- ADD -->
