Start 2.20 branch; update 2.x to 2.21

Author: cowtowncoder

hibernate4/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate4</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate4</name>

hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5-jakarta</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate5-jakarta</name>

hibernate5/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate5</name>

hibernate6/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate6</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-hibernate6</name>

hibernate7/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate7</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-hibernate7</name>

pom.xml

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
   <name>Hibernate module parent</name>
-  <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.21.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for shared settings for project sub-modules
   </description>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Project: jackson-datatype-hibernate
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.21.0 (not yet released)
+
+No changes since 2.20
+
 2.20.0 (28-Aug-2025)
 
 #184: Add `jackson-datatype-hibernate7` module for hibernate version 7