Prep for 2.18.3

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.3</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-modules-java8</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.18.3 (not yet released)
+2.18.3 (28-Feb-2025)
 
 #333: `ZonedDateTime` serialization with `@JsonFormat.pattern` never uses it
   while `WRITE_DATES_WITH_ZONE_ID` enabled