diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index e69de29bb..3171b00e5 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Validator:
+* Fix support for cross version extensions across the entire valdation rule set
+* Improve security warnings about rogue HTML tags
+* fix error messages on unknown URLs (not longer say 'not done yet')
+
+Other code changes:
+* fix error message suppression on tooling client
+* Track code systems used in the context 
+* improve error messages when rendering bundles that are documents that aren't properly formed
+* Process Markdown when rendering CapabilityStatement.rest.documentation
+* Fix rendering of CanonicalResource.url
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 091a394eb..5f7fcab0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hapi_fhir_version>5.1.0</hapi_fhir_version>
-        <validator_test_case_version>1.1.53</validator_test_case_version>
+        <validator_test_case_version>1.1.54</validator_test_case_version>
         <junit_jupiter_version>5.6.2</junit_jupiter_version>
         <maven_surefire_version>3.0.0-M4</maven_surefire_version>
         <jacoco_version>0.8.5</jacoco_version>