prepare for 2.9.4

cowtowncoder · cowtowncoder · commit affd0c701e9f · 2018-01-23T19:15:10.000-08:00
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Project: jackson-databind
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
 === Releases === 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.9.4 (not yet released)
+2.9.4 (24-Jan-2018)
 
 #1382: `@JsonProperty(access=READ_ONLY)` unxepected behaviour with `Collections`
  (reported by hexfaker@github)
