diff --git a/site/en/release/index.md b/site/en/release/index.md
index 9c69803827eb66..038cc8cc2e84fb 100644
--- a/site/en/release/index.md
+++ b/site/en/release/index.md
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ For LTS releases, the procedure and policies below are followed:
         commits are cherry-picked and merged to the release branch.
         For a visual example of a completed cherry-pick request,
         refer to this
-        [example](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/20230)
-        {: .external}.
+        [example](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/20230){: .external}
+        .
 
 1.  Identify release blockers and fix issues found on the release branch.
     *   The release branch is tested with the same test suite in
diff --git a/third_party/BUILD b/third_party/BUILD
index b43e26c00bb96b..912beec0fe1947 100644
--- a/third_party/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/BUILD
@@ -93,35 +93,35 @@ java_library(
 distrib_java_import(
     name = "asm",
     enable_distributions = ["debian"],
-    jars = ["asm/asm-9.6.jar"],
-    srcjar = "asm/asm-9.6-sources.jar",
+    jars = ["asm/asm-9.4.jar"],
+    srcjar = "asm/asm-9.4-sources.jar",
 )
 
 java_import(
     name = "asm-analysis",
-    jars = ["asm/asm-analysis-9.6.jar"],
-    srcjar = "asm/asm-analysis-9.6-sources.jar",
+    jars = ["asm/asm-analysis-9.4.jar"],
+    srcjar = "asm/asm-analysis-9.4-sources.jar",
     runtime_deps = [":asm-tree"],
 )
 
 java_import(
     name = "asm-commons",
-    jars = ["asm/asm-commons-9.6.jar"],
-    srcjar = "asm/asm-commons-9.6-sources.jar",
+    jars = ["asm/asm-commons-9.4.jar"],
+    srcjar = "asm/asm-commons-9.4-sources.jar",
     runtime_deps = [":asm-tree"],
 )
 
 java_import(
     name = "asm-tree",
-    jars = ["asm/asm-tree-9.6.jar"],
-    srcjar = "asm/asm-tree-9.6-sources.jar",
+    jars = ["asm/asm-tree-9.4.jar"],
+    srcjar = "asm/asm-tree-9.4-sources.jar",
     runtime_deps = [":asm"],
 )
 
 java_import(
     name = "asm-util",
-    jars = ["asm/asm-util-9.6.jar"],
-    srcjar = "asm/asm-util-9.6-sources.jar",
+    jars = ["asm/asm-util-9.4.jar"],
+    srcjar = "asm/asm-util-9.4-sources.jar",
     runtime_deps = [":asm-tree"],
 )