Prepare for release
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index a668cf4..13d7fda 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 o LOG4J2-1577:  Add a Builder to the RoutingAppender and deprecate factory method. 
 
 Fixed Bugs:
+o LOG4J2-1618:  Fixed ClassCastException when using JUL logging during shutdown. Thanks to Raman Gupta. 
+o LOG4J2-1620:  2.7-rc1: RollingFileAppender immediateFlush default value should be true, not false. Thanks to Sascha Scholz. 
 o LOG4J2-1611:  Improved performance of context data injector for web applications to be on par with standalone applications. 
 o LOG4J2-1591:  Introduced new interface LifeCycle2 with stop(long,TimeUnit) method to avoid breaking backwards compatibility with new Configurator.shutdown(LoggerContext, long, TimeUnit) API. 
 o LOG4J2-1590:  Fixed issue with filters extending AbstractFilter that did not override methods with unrolled varargs. 
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@
 o LOG4J2-1602:  Prevent potential NPE in org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.datetime.FormatCache.MultipartKey.equals(Object) when object is null. 
 o LOG4J2-1603:  Redo hashCode() and equals() methods in org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl classes. 
 o LOG4J2-1610:  Add targetNamespace to log4j-config.xsd. GitHub #43. Thanks to Shubhankar. 
+o LOG4J2-1619:  new Log4jLogEvent().toString() throws an NPE. 
 
 Changes:
 o LOG4J2-1604:  Log4j2 TcpSocketServer in background. Thanks to Colin Hillman. 
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index a304ac7..cd2f379 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <title>Changes</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="2.7" date="2016-09-25" description="GA Release 2.7">
+    <release version="2.7" date="2016-10-02" description="GA Release 2.7">
       <action issue="LOG4J2-1618" dev="rpopma" type="fix" due-to="Raman Gupta">
         Fixed ClassCastException when using JUL logging during shutdown.
       </action>