diff --git a/FUNDING b/FUNDING.md
similarity index 100%
rename from FUNDING
rename to FUNDING.md
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.md
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.md
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74f9b06..91ec067 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
       <artifactId>rascal</artifactId>
-      <version>0.34.0</version>
+      <version>0.40.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>edu.appstate.cs</groupId>
       <artifactId>rascal-git</artifactId>
-      <version>0.1.14</version>
+      <version>0.1.15</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     <plugin>
         <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
         <artifactId>rascal-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.22.0</version>
+        <version>0.27.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <errorsAsWarnings>true</errorsAsWarnings>
           <enableStandardLibrary>false</enableStandardLibrary>