diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ecc12b73..e999230ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ JSON in Java [package org.json]
 
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.json/json.svg)](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json)
 
-**[Click here if you just want the latest release jar file.](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/json/json/20230227/json-20230227.jar)**
+**[Click here if you just want the latest release jar file.](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/json/json/20230618/json-20230618.jar)**
 
 
 # Overview
diff --git a/docs/RELEASES.md b/docs/RELEASES.md
index 166c43a4a..ae439831c 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASES.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASES.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ and artifactId "json". For example:
 [https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.json%20AND%20a:json&core=gav](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.json%20AND%20a:json&core=gav)
 
 ~~~
+20230618    Final release with Java 1.6 compatibility. Future releases will require Java 1.8 or greater.
+
 20230227    Fix for CVE-2022-45688 and recent commits
 
 20220924    New License - public domain, and some minor updates
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f17e0abfe..ba3edbd5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.json</groupId>
     <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-    <version>20230227</version>
+    <version>20230618</version>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
     <name>JSON in Java</name>