diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f4213e..b4de0c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <commons.site.path>commons-weaver</commons.site.path>
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/${commons.site.path}</commons.scmPubUrl>
 
-    <commons.japicmp.version>0.11.1</commons.japicmp.version>
+    <commons.japicmp.version>0.14.4</commons.japicmp.version>
     <!-- remove after 2.0 release: -->
     <commons.japicmp.breakBuildOnBinaryIncompatibleModifications>false</commons.japicmp.breakBuildOnBinaryIncompatibleModifications>
 
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 267f31f..330dad5 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     <author email="mbenson@apache.org">Matt Benson</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="2.1" date="YYY-MM-DD" description="Requires Java 8 or greater.">
+      <action type="fix" dev="ggregory">Update commons.japicmp.version 0.11.1 -> 0.14.4.</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="2.0" date="2018-09-07" description="Requires Java 8 or greater.">
       <action issue="WEAVER-16" type="fix">NullPointerException when weaving class with no package.</action>
       <action issue="WEAVER-17" type="fix">Maven plugin was packaged without its (generated) HelpMojo class.</action>