diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 7b06c6ab5..24f938ea1 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 ## Validator Changes
 
-* no changes
+* Fix grammar in validation messages
+* Fix NPE in validator for SIDs
+* Duplicate designations in a code system is a warning, not an error
+* Fix value set validation to validate codes in example code systems
 
 ## Other code changes
 
-* no changes
\ No newline at end of file
+* Improved multi-language support for IG development (LanguageUtils)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ff2aa120..d695856d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <commons_compress_version>1.26.0</commons_compress_version>
         <guava_version>32.0.1-jre</guava_version>
         <hapi_fhir_version>6.4.1</hapi_fhir_version>
-        <validator_test_case_version>1.5.3-SNAPSHOT</validator_test_case_version>
+        <validator_test_case_version>1.5.3</validator_test_case_version>
         <jackson_version>2.16.0</jackson_version>
         <junit_jupiter_version>5.9.2</junit_jupiter_version>
         <junit_platform_launcher_version>1.8.2</junit_platform_launcher_version>