Prep for 2.18.4

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.4</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 === Releases === 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.18.4 (not yet released)
+2.18.4 (06-May-2025)
 
 #4628: `@JsonIgnore` and `@JsonProperty.access=READ_ONLY` on Record property
   ignored for deserialization