diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e29db9b..b69024c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml</groupId>
       <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>43</version>
+      <version>44</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index cdee0942..eebf4fb3 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Project: woodstox
 
 Not yet released:
 
+#147: Typo: "expected" misspelled as "excepted"
+ (contributed by pdo-axelor@github)
+
 6.2.8 (13-Jan-2022)
 
 #121: Fix issues outlined by "lgtm.com"'s static analysis