Prep for 3.0.1 release

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>tools.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.1</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Versions: 3.x (for earlier see VERSION-2.x)
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-3.0.1 (not yet released)
+3.0.1 (21-Oct-2025)
 
 #5335: JsonMapper to deserialize `Optional.empty()` instead of `null`
   in case of missing property (2.x compatibility)