diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 7b06c6ab5f..1f4608762b 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
 ## Validator Changes
 
-* no changes
+* New Feature: Validating references: parameters -check-references and -resolution-context
+* New Feature: Use AI Service to validate CodeableConcept.text (very experimental)
+* Add AI validation tests as a command line option ([-aiTests](https://chat.fhir.org/#narrow/channel/323443-Artificial-Intelligence.2FMachine-Learning-.28AI.2FML.29/topic/LocalAI))
+* Don't enforce code system property references to standard properties in R4 (R4 hack workaround)
+* Correctly handle supplements when validating based on expansions
+* Fix issues with version dependent resolution of correct server for implicit value sets
+* Better handle failure to find imported value sets when expanding
+* correct error handling for expansion failure
+* Correct grammar in language about resource not being valid against a profile
+* use IPS 2.0.0 for `-ips`, not an old copy
+* Fix NPE generating snapshots with expansions
+* Rework `-txTests` to support additional test files and improve R4/R5 logging
+* Fix bugs in RulesDrivenPolicyAdvisor
+* Accept property in CodeSystem without requiring it be backed by a code
+* Add issue when extension is deprecated
 
 ## Other code changes
 
-* no changes
\ No newline at end of file
+* Track & report expansion source when rendering ValueSet expansions
+* Render ValueSet supplement dependencies
+* Add server headers to fhir-settings.json
+* find places where ManagedFileAccess was missed
+* Fix Actor rendering in obligations tables
+* Renderer: move xml-no-order to tools ig
+* Resource Factory: support for range in sheet for instance generation (#1881)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddebaa267f..baabc11858 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <commons_io_version>2.17.0</commons_io_version>
         <guava_version>32.0.1-jre</guava_version>
         <hapi_fhir_version>6.4.1</hapi_fhir_version>
-        <validator_test_case_version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</validator_test_case_version>
+        <validator_test_case_version>1.7.6</validator_test_case_version>
         <jackson_version>2.17.0</jackson_version>
         <junit_jupiter_version>5.9.2</junit_jupiter_version>
         <junit_platform_launcher_version>1.8.2</junit_platform_launcher_version>