Update Woodstox/stax2-api (to 7.2.0/4.3.0)

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ of Jackson components maintained by FasterXML.com
     <javax.activation.version>1.2.0</javax.activation.version>
 
     <!-- 3rd party dependency version properties (not managed!) -->
-    <jackson.version.dep.woodstox>7.1.1</jackson.version.dep.woodstox>
-    <jackson.version.dep.stax2-api>4.2.2</jackson.version.dep.stax2-api>
+    <jackson.version.dep.woodstox>7.2.0</jackson.version.dep.woodstox>
+    <jackson.version.dep.stax2-api>4.3.0</jackson.version.dep.stax2-api>
 
     <!-- for Reproducible Builds -->
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2026-01-18T22:41:22Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Jackson components (core, modules)
 === Releases (note: only includes patches with actual changes)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.22.0 (not yet released)
+
+- `stax2-api` to 4.3.0 (from 4.2.2)
+- `woodstox-core` dependency to 7.2.0 (from 7.1.1)
+
 2.21.0 (18-Jan-2026)
 
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