From 1f89edeb4c6e889139552f38bc97f1860801e6ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hibernate-CI <ci@hibernate.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:13:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Pre-steps for release : `6.2.21.Final`

---
 changelog.txt             | 9 +++++++++
 gradle/version.properties | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index e195b0f338..092fdd56db 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ Hibernate 6 Changelog
 
 Note: Please refer to JIRA to learn more about each issue.
 
+Changes in 6.2.21.Final (January 22, 2024)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/32241
+
+** Bug
+    * [HHH-17643] - Allow uninitialized proxy serialization even when a SessionFactory is not available
+
+
 Changes in 6.2.20.Final (January 16, 2024)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/gradle/version.properties b/gradle/version.properties
index 593842f943..b2edffc587 100644
--- a/gradle/version.properties
+++ b/gradle/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hibernateVersion=6.2.21-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+hibernateVersion=6.2.21.Final
\ No newline at end of file