diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14d2702b3..408ca87f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,96 +52,6 @@
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-pool.git</url>
   </scm>
 
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Morgan Delagrange</name>
-      <id>morgand</id>
-      <email></email>
-      <organization></organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Geir Magnusson</name>
-      <id>geirm</id>
-      <email></email>
-      <organization></organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Craig McClanahan</name>
-      <id>craigmcc</id>
-      <email></email>
-      <organization></organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Rodney Waldhoff</name>
-      <id>rwaldhoff</id>
-      <email></email>
-      <organization></organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>David Weinrich</name>
-      <id>dweinr1</id>
-      <email></email>
-      <organization></organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Dirk Verbeeck</name>
-      <id>dirkv</id>
-      <email></email>
-      <organization></organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Robert Burrell Donkin</name>
-      <id>rdonkin</id>
-      <email></email>
-      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Sandy McArthur</name>
-      <id>sandymac</id>
-      <email></email>
-      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Simone Tripodi</name>
-      <id>simonetripodi</id>
-      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>ggregory</id>
-      <name>Gary Gregory</name>
-      <email>ggregory at apache.org</email>
-      <url>https://www.garygregory.com</url>
-      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>https://www.apache.org/</organizationUrl>      
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Member</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
-      <properties>
-        <picUrl>https://people.apache.org/~ggregory/img/garydgregory80.png</picUrl>
-      </properties>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Matt Sicker</name>
-      <id>mattsicker</id>
-      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Phil Steitz</name>
-      <id>psteitz</id>
-      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <contributors>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Todd Carmichael</name>
-      <email>toddc@concur.com</email>
-    </contributor>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Arturo Bernal</name>
-    </contributor>
-  </contributors>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
@@ -164,13 +74,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
+      <version>3.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.14.0</version>
+      <version>3.16.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -194,7 +104,8 @@
     <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.pool2</commons.module.name>
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <!-- Java 8 -->
-    <commons.release.version>2.12.0</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.version>2.12.1</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.version>2.12.2</commons.release.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(Java 8 or above)</commons.release.desc>
     <!-- Java 7 -->
     <commons.release.2.version>2.6.2</commons.release.2.version>
@@ -244,7 +155,7 @@
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
-                <version>6.8.2</version>
+                <version>6.10.0</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
           </plugin>
@@ -446,5 +357,93 @@
       </properties>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Morgan Delagrange</name>
+      <id>morgand</id>
+      <email></email>
+      <organization></organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Geir Magnusson</name>
+      <id>geirm</id>
+      <email></email>
+      <organization></organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Craig McClanahan</name>
+      <id>craigmcc</id>
+      <email></email>
+      <organization></organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Rodney Waldhoff</name>
+      <id>rwaldhoff</id>
+      <email></email>
+      <organization></organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>David Weinrich</name>
+      <id>dweinr1</id>
+      <email></email>
+      <organization></organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Dirk Verbeeck</name>
+      <id>dirkv</id>
+      <email></email>
+      <organization></organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Robert Burrell Donkin</name>
+      <id>rdonkin</id>
+      <email></email>
+      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Sandy McArthur</name>
+      <id>sandymac</id>
+      <email></email>
+      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Simone Tripodi</name>
+      <id>simonetripodi</id>
+      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>ggregory</id>
+      <name>Gary Gregory</name>
+      <email>ggregory at apache.org</email>
+      <url>https://www.garygregory.com</url>
+      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
+      <organizationUrl>https://www.apache.org/</organizationUrl>      
+      <roles>
+        <role>PMC Member</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
+      <properties>
+        <picUrl>https://people.apache.org/~ggregory/img/garydgregory80.png</picUrl>
+      </properties>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Matt Sicker</name>
+      <id>mattsicker</id>
+      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Phil Steitz</name>
+      <id>psteitz</id>
+      <organization>The Apache Software Foundation</organization>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+  <contributors>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Todd Carmichael</name>
+      <email>toddc@concur.com</email>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Arturo Bernal</name>
+    </contributor>
+  </contributors>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 37eced011..be7f72b13 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <title>Apache Commons Pool Release Notes</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
-  <release version="2.12.1" date="202Y-MM-DD" description="This is a feature and maintenance release (Java 8 or above).">
+  <release version="2.12.1" date="YYYY-MM-DD" description="This is a feature and maintenance release (Java 8 or above).">
     <!-- FIX -->
     <!-- ADD -->
     <!-- UPDATE -->
     <action type="update" dev="ggregory">Bump org.apache.commons:commons-parent from 62 to 73.</action>
-    <action type="update" dev="ggregory">Bump org.ow2.asm:asm-util from 9.5 to 9.6.</action>
-    <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Bump commons-lang3 from 3.13.0 to 3.14.0.</action>
-    <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Bump org.apache.bcel:bcel from 6.7.0 to 6.8.2.</action>
+    <action type="update" dev="ggregory">Bump org.ow2.asm:asm-util from 9.5 to 9.7.</action>
+    <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">[test] Bump commons-lang3 from 3.13.0 to 3.16.0.</action>
+    <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">[site] Bump org.apache.bcel:bcel from 6.7.0 to 6.8.2.</action>
+    <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">[test] Bump org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library from 2.2 to 3.0.</action>
   </release>
   <release version="2.12.0" date="2023-09-30" description="This is a feature and maintenance release (Java 8 or above).">
     <!-- FIX -->