diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fdb776c3..db53d035 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml</groupId>
       <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>50</version>
+      <version>55</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ SAX2 and Stax2 APIs
           <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
           <artifactId>stax2-api</artifactId>
           <!-- 13-Mar-2019, tatu: Upgraded to 4.2 (for Woodstox 5.3) get JDK 9 module-info -->
-          <version>4.2.1</version>
+          <version>4.2.2</version>
 	  <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
               <groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 76bb2043..646750a0 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Project: woodstox
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+6.5.2 (not yet released)
+
+- Update `stax2-api` dependency to 4.2.2
+- Update `oss-parent` dependency to 55 (from 50)
+
 6.5.1 (19-Apr-2023)
 
 #170: After update to 6.5.0, in osgi/felix runtime the bundle is not started