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     new e2dea0cf9d Clean-up dependency updates in release notes
e2dea0cf9d is described below

commit e2dea0cf9dbb7fa5271cb08ed61cd0ab1c4991ef
Author: Volkan Yazıcı <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Oct 6 10:10:35 2023 +0200

    Clean-up dependency updates in release notes
---
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-activation.xml    |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-mail.xml          |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra-driver.xml    |  2 +-
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra.xml |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-compress.xml    |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-csv.xml         |  2 +-
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jackson.xml   |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-activation.xml  |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-mail.xml        |  2 +-
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jctools.xml   |  2 +-
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kafka.xml     |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kubernetes.xml          |  2 +-
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-mongodb.xml   |  2 +-
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-netty.xml     |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-boot.xml         |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-framework.xml    |  2 +-
 .../.2.x.x/update-1runtime-tomcat-juli.xml         |  2 +-
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-woodstox.xml  |  2 +-
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-asciidoctor.xml | 27 ---------
 .../.2.x.x/update-2build-build-helper.xml          | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-dependency.xml  | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-docker.xml      | 27 ---------
 .../.2.x.x/update-2build-log4j-changelog.xml       | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-scm.xml         | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-spotbugs.xml    | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-surefire.xml    | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-xml.xml         | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-activemq.xml     | 27 ---------
 .../update-3test-allocation-instrumenter.xml       | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-assertj.xml      | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-commons-lang.xml | 27 ---------
 .../.2.x.x/update-3test-elasticsearch.xml          | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-flapdoodle.xml   | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-groovy.xml       | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-guava.xml        | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-h2.xml           | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-hsqldb.xml       | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jetty.xml        | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jmh.xml          | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jsonunit.xml     | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-junit.xml        | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-logback.xml      | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-maven.xml        | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-webcompere.xml   | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-wiremock.xml     | 27 ---------
 src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-xmlunit.xml      | 27 ---------
 src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc                | 64 ++++++----------------
 47 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 820 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-activation.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-activation.xml
index 4cc68e782a..372dc0559d 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-activation.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-activation.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Eclipse Angus Activation from version 2.0.0 
to version 
link:https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-activation/releases/tag/2.0.1[2.0.1].
+    Update Eclipse Angus Activation to version 
https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-activation/releases/tag/2.0.1[2.0.1]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-mail.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-mail.xml
index bc82386e5a..a5acd595b9 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-mail.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-angus-mail.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Eclipse Angus Mail from version 2.0.1 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-mail/releases/tag/2.0.2[2.0.2].
+    Update Eclipse Angus Mail to version 
https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-mail/releases/tag/2.0.2[2.0.2]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra-driver.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra-driver.xml
index 7844ab98e0..f90c44df63 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra-driver.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra-driver.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: `com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core` to 
version 3.11.5.
+    Update `com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core` to version 3.11.5.
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra.xml
index 6da5ecc9ac..27ef9e7449 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-cassandra.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Apache Cassandra from version 3.11.14 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-3.11/CHANGES.txt[3.11.16].
+    Update Apache Cassandra to version 
https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-3.11/CHANGES.txt[3.11.16]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-compress.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-compress.xml
index a93e19cbb2..0b4e73754b 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-compress.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-compress.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Apache Commons Compress from version 1.22 to 
version 
link:https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/changes-report.html#a1.24.0[1.24.0].
+    Update Apache Commons Compress to version 
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/changes-report.html#a1.24.0[1.24.0]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-csv.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-csv.xml
index de11823624..0eed92e67a 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-csv.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-commons-csv.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Apache Commons CSV from version 1.9.0 to 
version 
link:https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/changes-report.html#a1.10.0[1.10.0].
+    Update Apache Commons CSV to version 
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/changes-report.html#a1.10.0[1.10.0]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jackson.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jackson.xml
index 2c5f24e79f..b4299c2aed 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jackson.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jackson.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Jackson from version 2.14.1 to version 
link:https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.15.2[2.15.2].
+    Update Jackson to version 
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.15.2[2.15.2]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-activation.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-activation.xml
index fcfc0cb6f9..07de15f1e0 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-activation.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-activation.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Jakarta Activation API from version 2.1.1 to 
version link:https://jakarta.ee/specifications/activation/2.1/changelog/[2.1.2].
+    Update Jakarta Activation API to version 
https://jakarta.ee/specifications/activation/2.1/changelog/[2.1.2]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-mail.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-mail.xml
index f5aad5740d..e86b4694f1 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-mail.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jakarta-mail.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Jakarta Mail API from version 2.1.1 to 
version link:https://jakarta.ee/specifications/mail/2.1/changelog/[2.1.2].
+    Update Jakarta Mail API to version 
https://jakarta.ee/specifications/mail/2.1/changelog/[2.1.2]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jctools.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jctools.xml
index b1a7098768..cdb39d99c1 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jctools.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-jctools.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update JCTools from version 3.3.0 to version 
link:https://github.com/JCTools/JCTools/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md[4.0.1].
+    Update JCTools to version 
https://github.com/JCTools/JCTools/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md[4.0.1]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kafka.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kafka.xml
index 2cd45483b9..3cb2e20f8a 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kafka.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kafka.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Apache Kafka from version 1.1.1 to version 
link:https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.4.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html[3.4.0].
+    Update Apache Kafka to version 
https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.4.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html[3.4.0]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kubernetes.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kubernetes.xml
index dab2efbee7..2faf10899b 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kubernetes.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-kubernetes.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Kubernetes client from version 5.12.2 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client/releases?q=5.12.4[5.12.4].
+    Update Kubernetes client to version 
https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client/releases?q=5.12.4[5.12.4]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-mongodb.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-mongodb.xml
index 96304bc4f7..1f9ec17661 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-mongodb.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-mongodb.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update `org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-core` to version 
4.10.2.
+    Update `org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-core` to version 4.10.2
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-netty.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-netty.xml
index 7a4b9e126a..1b04571223 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-netty.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-netty.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update `io.netty:netty-bom` to version 4.1.97.
+    Update `io.netty:netty-bom` to version 4.1.97
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-boot.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-boot.xml
index cb8da39300..8a1e260b5a 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-boot.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-boot.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Spring Boot from version 2.7.7 to version 
link:https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.7.15[2.7.15].
+    Update Spring Boot to version 
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.7.15[2.7.15]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-framework.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-framework.xml
index 797b1161ce..de46eead3e 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-framework.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-spring-framework.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Spring Framework from version 5.3.24 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v5.3.29[5.3.29].
+    Update Spring Framework to version 
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v5.3.29[5.3.29]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-tomcat-juli.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-tomcat-juli.xml
index c302580417..b274ba2260 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-tomcat-juli.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-tomcat-juli.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Tomcat JULI from version 10.0.23 to version 
10.0.27.
+    Update Tomcat JULI to version 10.0.27
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-woodstox.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-woodstox.xml
index dbd8ac656d..5efb69a6e6 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-woodstox.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-1runtime-woodstox.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
   <author id="github:dependabot"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update Woodstox from version 6.4.0 to version 
link:https://github.com/FasterXML/woodstox/blob/master/release-notes/VERSION[6.5.1].
+    Update Woodstox to version 
https://github.com/FasterXML/woodstox/blob/master/release-notes/VERSION[6.5.1]
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-asciidoctor.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-asciidoctor.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b17f8b149..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-asciidoctor.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `maven-asciidoctor-plugin` from version 2.2.2 
to 
link:https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-maven-plugin/releases/tag/asciidoctor-maven-plugin-2.2.4[2.2.4].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-build-helper.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-build-helper.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fe71ecc7fb..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-build-helper.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `build-helper-maven-plugin` from version 3.3.0 
to 
link:https://github.com/mojohaus/build-helper-maven-plugin/releases/tag/3.4.0[3.4.0].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-dependency.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-dependency.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc62bfea84..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-dependency.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `maven-dependency-plugin` from version 3.3.0 to 
link:https://blogsarchive.apache.org/maven/entry/apache-maven-dependency-plugin-version4[3.5.0].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-docker.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-docker.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f33eadd13..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-docker.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `docker-maven-plugin` from version 0.40.2 to 
link:https://github.com/fabric8io/docker-maven-plugin/releases/tag/v0.43.2[0.43.2].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-log4j-changelog.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-log4j-changelog.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bd2b9fd9b..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-log4j-changelog.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `log4j-changelog` from version 0.2.0 to 
link:https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-tools/releases/tag/rel%2F0.3.0[0.3.0].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-scm.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-scm.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef6786ca91..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-scm.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `maven-scm-plugin` from version 1.12.2 to 
1.13.0.
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-spotbugs.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-spotbugs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f3daf7c61..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-spotbugs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `spotbugs-maven-plugin` from version 4.7.2.1 to 
link:https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs-maven-plugin/releases/tag/spotbugs-maven-plugin-4.7.3.5[4.7.3.5].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-surefire.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-surefire.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9363776fc9..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-surefire.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="rgoers"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `maven-surefire-plugin` from version 3.0.0-M7 
to 
link:https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/releases/tag/surefire-3.1.2[3.1.2].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-xml.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-xml.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b7f10792bc..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-2build-xml.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.1.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Build dependencies: update `xml-maven-plugin` from version 1.0.2 to 
link:https://github.com/mojohaus/xml-maven-plugin/releases/tag/1.1.0[1.1.0].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-activemq.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-activemq.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a5ae90e1f7..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-activemq.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Apache ActiveMQ from version 5.17.3 to version 
5.17.4.
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-allocation-instrumenter.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-allocation-instrumenter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index dc984317e0..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-allocation-instrumenter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Allocation Instrumenter from version 3.3.0 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/google/allocation-instrumenter/releases/tag/java-allocation-instrumenter-3.3.3[3.3.3].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-assertj.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-assertj.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c62ebbb41..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-assertj.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update AssertJ from version 3.23.1 to version 3.24.2.
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-commons-lang.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-commons-lang.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7edb873365..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-commons-lang.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Runtime dependencies: update `org.apache.commons:commons-lang3` to version 
3.13.0.
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-elasticsearch.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-elasticsearch.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d8bcea74f..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-elasticsearch.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Elasticsearch HLRC from version 7.17.8 to 
version 
link:https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.17/release-notes-7.17.13.html[7.17.13].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-flapdoodle.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-flapdoodle.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ebd96ef6a..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-flapdoodle.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="fixed">
-  <issue id="1589" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1589"/>
-  <author id="github:ppkarwasz"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Flapdoodle Embedded MongoDB from version 3.5.1 
to version 4.7.1.
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-groovy.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-groovy.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ff39d4b03..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-groovy.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Groovy from version 3.0.14 to version 
link:https://groovy-lang.org/changelogs/changelog-3.0.19.html[3.0.19].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-guava.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-guava.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ccbe34195e..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-guava.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Guava from version 31.1 to version 
link:https://github.com/google/guava/releases/tag/v32.1.2[32.1.2].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-h2.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-h2.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 03fc42ed72..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-h2.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update H2 from version 2.1.214 to version 
link:http://www.h2database.com/html/changelog.html[2.2.222].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-hsqldb.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-hsqldb.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2855032f28..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-hsqldb.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies (**security**): update HyperSQL DB from version 2.5.2 to 
version link:https://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/changelist_2_0.txt[2.7.2].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jetty.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jetty.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d156d3e50a..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jetty.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Jetty from version 9.4.50 to version 
link:https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/releases?q=9.4.52[9.4.52].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jmh.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jmh.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a85c02aa6b..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jmh.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update JMH from version 1.36 to version 1.37.
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jsonunit.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jsonunit.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a717a264a2..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-jsonunit.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update 
link:https://github.com/lukas-krecan/JsonUnit[JsonUnit] from version 2.36.0 to 
version 2.38.0.
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-junit.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-junit.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc70cc7c1e..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-junit.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update JUnit from version 5.9.1 to version 
link:https://junit.org/junit5/docs/5.10.0/release-notes/[5.10.0].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-logback.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-logback.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fead3ccdf1..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-logback.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Logback from version 1.2.11 to version 
link:https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.2.12[1.2.12].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-maven.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-maven.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a568395c60..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-maven.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update Apache Maven from version 3.8.6 to version 
link:https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.9.0/release-notes.html[3.9.0].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-webcompere.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-webcompere.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ceb9e4664c..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-webcompere.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update WebCompere System Stubs from version 2.0.1 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/webcompere/system-stubs/releases/tag/system-stubs-parent-2.0.2[2.0.2].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-wiremock.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-wiremock.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1eee3fd6d0..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-wiremock.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update `com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8` to 
version 2.35.1.
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-xmlunit.xml 
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-xmlunit.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ab410de42e..0000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update-3test-xmlunit.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog";
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog 
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd";
-       type="changed">
-  <issue id="1591" 
link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591"/>
-  <author id="github:dependabot"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">
-    Test dependencies: update XMLUnit from version 2.9.0 to version 
link:https://github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit/releases/tag/v2.9.1[2.9.1].
-  </description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc 
b/src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc
index 1fd8f67dfc..99ba9e042c 100644
--- a/src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc
+++ b/src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc
@@ -63,51 +63,24 @@ For complete information on Apache Log4j 2, including 
instructions on how to sub
 * Use Java version-specific warnings in `StackLocator` 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/1760[1760])
 * Started logging a status error event instead of an NPE in 
`OsgiServiceLocator.loadServices(Class, Lookup, boolean)` when a bundle has no 
valid `BundleContext` for a service type
 * Implemented a CI-based release process
-* Runtime dependencies: update Eclipse Angus Activation from version 2.0.0 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-activation/releases/tag/2.0.1[2.0.1].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Eclipse Angus Mail from version 2.0.1 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-mail/releases/tag/2.0.2[2.0.2]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: `com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core` to 
version 3.11.5. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Apache Cassandra from version 3.11.14 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-3.11/CHANGES.txt[3.11.16].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Apache Commons Compress from version 1.22 to 
version 
link:https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/changes-report.html#a1.24.0[1.24.0].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Apache Commons CSV from version 1.9.0 to 
version 
link:https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/changes-report.html#a1.10.0[1.10.0].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Jackson from version 2.14.1 to version 
link:https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.15.2[2.15.2]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Jakarta Activation API from version 2.1.1 to 
version 
link:https://jakarta.ee/specifications/activation/2.1/changelog/[2.1.2]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Jakarta Mail API from version 2.1.1 to version 
link:https://jakarta.ee/specifications/mail/2.1/changelog/[2.1.2]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update JCTools from version 3.3.0 to version 
link:https://github.com/JCTools/JCTools/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md[4.0.1]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Apache Kafka from version 1.1.1 to version 
link:https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.4.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html[3.4.0]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Kubernetes client from version 5.12.2 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client/releases?q=5.12.4[5.12.4]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update `org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-core` to version 
4.10.2. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update `io.netty:netty-bom` to version 4.1.97. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Spring Boot from version 2.7.7 to version 
link:https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.7.15[2.7.15].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Spring Framework from version 5.3.24 to version 
link:https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v5.3.29[5.3.29].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Tomcat JULI from version 10.0.23 to version 
10.0.27. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update Woodstox from version 6.4.0 to version 
link:https://github.com/FasterXML/woodstox/blob/master/release-notes/VERSION[6.5.1].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `maven-asciidoctor-plugin` from version 2.2.2 to 
link:https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-maven-plugin/releases/tag/asciidoctor-maven-plugin-2.2.4[2.2.4].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `build-helper-maven-plugin` from version 3.3.0 to 
link:https://github.com/mojohaus/build-helper-maven-plugin/releases/tag/3.4.0[3.4.0].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `maven-dependency-plugin` from version 3.3.0 to 
link:https://blogsarchive.apache.org/maven/entry/apache-maven-dependency-plugin-version4[3.5.0].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `docker-maven-plugin` from version 0.40.2 to 
link:https://github.com/fabric8io/docker-maven-plugin/releases/tag/v0.43.2[0.43.2].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `log4j-changelog` from version 0.2.0 to 
link:https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-tools/releases/tag/rel%2F0.3.0[0.3.0].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `maven-scm-plugin` from version 1.12.2 to 1.13.0. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `spotbugs-maven-plugin` from version 4.7.2.1 to 
link:https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs-maven-plugin/releases/tag/spotbugs-maven-plugin-4.7.3.5[4.7.3.5].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `maven-surefire-plugin` from version 3.0.0-M7 to 
link:https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/releases/tag/surefire-3.1.2[3.1.2].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Build dependencies: update `xml-maven-plugin` from version 1.0.2 to 
link:https://github.com/mojohaus/xml-maven-plugin/releases/tag/1.1.0[1.1.0]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update Apache ActiveMQ from version 5.17.3 to version 
5.17.4. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update Allocation Instrumenter from version 3.3.0 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/google/allocation-instrumenter/releases/tag/java-allocation-instrumenter-3.3.3[3.3.3].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update AssertJ from version 3.23.1 to version 3.24.2. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Runtime dependencies: update `org.apache.commons:commons-lang3` to version 
3.13.0. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update Elasticsearch HLRC from version 7.17.8 to version 
link:https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.17/release-notes-7.17.13.html[7.17.13].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update Groovy from version 3.0.14 to version 
link:https://groovy-lang.org/changelogs/changelog-3.0.19.html[3.0.19]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update Guava from version 31.1 to version 
link:https://github.com/google/guava/releases/tag/v32.1.2[32.1.2]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update H2 from version 2.1.214 to version 
link:http://www.h2database.com/html/changelog.html[2.2.222]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies (**security**): update HyperSQL DB from version 2.5.2 to 
version link:https://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/changelist_2_0.txt[2.7.2]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update Jetty from version 9.4.50 to version 
link:https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/releases?q=9.4.52[9.4.52]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update JMH from version 1.36 to version 1.37. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update 
link:https://github.com/lukas-krecan/JsonUnit[JsonUnit] from version 2.36.0 to 
version 2.38.0. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update JUnit from version 5.9.1 to version 
link:https://junit.org/junit5/docs/5.10.0/release-notes/[5.10.0]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update Logback from version 1.2.11 to version 
link:https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.2.12[1.2.12]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update Apache Maven from version 3.8.6 to version 
link:https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.9.0/release-notes.html[3.9.0]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update WebCompere System Stubs from version 2.0.1 to 
version 
link:https://github.com/webcompere/system-stubs/releases/tag/system-stubs-parent-2.0.2[2.0.2].
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update `com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8` to version 
2.35.1. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
-* Test dependencies: update XMLUnit from version 2.9.0 to version 
link:https://github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit/releases/tag/v2.9.1[2.9.1]. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Eclipse Angus Activation to version 
https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-activation/releases/tag/2.0.1[2.0.1] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Eclipse Angus Mail to version 
https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-mail/releases/tag/2.0.2[2.0.2] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update `com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core` to version 3.11.5. 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Apache Cassandra to version 
https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-3.11/CHANGES.txt[3.11.16] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Apache Commons Compress to version 
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/changes-report.html#a1.24.0[1.24.0]
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Apache Commons CSV to version 
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/changes-report.html#a1.10.0[1.10.0]
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Jackson to version 
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.15.2[2.15.2] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Jakarta Activation API to version 
https://jakarta.ee/specifications/activation/2.1/changelog/[2.1.2] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Jakarta Mail API to version 
https://jakarta.ee/specifications/mail/2.1/changelog/[2.1.2] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update JCTools to version 
https://github.com/JCTools/JCTools/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md[4.0.1] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Apache Kafka to version 
https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.4.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html[3.4.0] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Kubernetes client to version 
https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client/releases?q=5.12.4[5.12.4] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update `org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-core` to version 4.10.2 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update `io.netty:netty-bom` to version 4.1.97 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Spring Boot to version 
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.7.15[2.7.15] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Spring Framework to version 
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v5.3.29[5.3.29]
 (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Tomcat JULI to version 10.0.27 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
+* Update Woodstox to version 
https://github.com/FasterXML/woodstox/blob/master/release-notes/VERSION[6.5.1] 
(https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1591[1591])
 
 === Removed
 
@@ -151,4 +124,3 @@ For complete information on Apache Log4j 2, including 
instructions on how to sub
 * Fixed `%notEmpty` directive of `PatternLayout` for empty MDC/NDC inputs 
(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3660[LOG4J2-3660])
 * Fixed file descriptor leak on Tomcat 
(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3663[LOG4J2-3663])
 * Ensured `FileOutputStream` is closed in `CommonsCompressAction.execute()`
-* Test dependencies: update Flapdoodle Embedded MongoDB from version 3.5.1 to 
version 4.7.1. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1589[1589])

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