Prep for 2.18.5 release

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.5</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ a pure JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.18.5 (not yet released)
-
--
-
-2.18.4.1 (10-June-2025)
+2.18.5 (27-Oct-2025)
+ (same as 2.18.4.1 on 10-June-2025)
 
 #1433: `JsonParser#getNumberType()` throws `JsonParseException` when
   the current token is non-numeric instead of returning null