Merge branch '2.17' into 2.18

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ Sub-modules:
 
 2.18.0 (not yet released)
 
-No changes since 2.17
+* Woodstox dependency now 7.0.0
+
+2.17.2 (not yet relesed)
+
+* Woodstox dependency now 6.7.0
 
 2.17.1 (04-May-2024)
 

xml/pom.xml

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>6.6.1</version>
+      <version>7.0.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>