diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 521264eaa..d536b3a3f 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ Active Maintainers:
 
 2.14.0 (not yet released)
 
-No changes since 2.13
-
-2.13.5 (not yet released)
-
 #335: (yaml) Update to SnakeYAML 1.32
  (contributed by @pjfanning)
 
diff --git a/yaml/pom.xml b/yaml/pom.xml
index aa1f2282f..e7f8e76ca 100644
--- a/yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.32</version>
+      <version>1.31</version>
     </dependency>
 
      <!-- and for testing need annotations; but should be available via `jackson-databind` above