diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3b706d73..b2fc6422 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./mvnw -B -q -ff -ntp test
     - name: Publish code coverage
       if: ${{ matrix.release_build && github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@13ce06bfc6bbe3ecf90edbbf1bc32fe5978ca1d3 # v5.3.1
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@0565863a31f2c772f9f0395002a31e3f06189574 # v5.4.0
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         file: ./target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 24c3d6d3..6060acbb 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ Version: 3.x (for earlier see VERSION-2.x)
 #687: JSTEP-8: rename `FromXmlParser.Feature` as `XmlReadFeature`,
   `ToXmlGenerator.Feature` as `XmlWriteFeature`
 #701: Change 3.0 to use `module-info.java` directly, remove use of Moditect
+#725: Change `XmlWriteFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_OBJECT_NODE` default to `true`
 - Add `XmlMapper.shared()`
 - Minimum Java baseline: Java 17
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 883bbcc4..38947f13 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Project: jackson-dataformat-xml
  (fix contributed by Joo Hyuk K)
 - Upgrade Woodstox to 7.1.0
 
+2.18.3 (28-Feb-2025)
+
+No changes since 2.18.2
+
 2.18.2 (27-Nov-2024)
 
 #678: XML module not registered correctly when setting a custom `SerializerFactory`
diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/ToXmlGenerator.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/ToXmlGenerator.java
index 3803e0de..008880e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/ToXmlGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/ToXmlGenerator.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ public class ToXmlGenerator
      */
     protected final static String DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_ELEMENT = "unknown";
 
-    
-
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
     /* Configuration