diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 23155bd1..b4900439 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -217,5 +217,6 @@ List of changes since Ivy 2.0.0-rc1:
 - FIX: Maven pom license url can contain xml entities (IVY-950)
 - FIX: Maven pom license has name as optional element (IVY-949)
 - FIX: Ivy doesn't throw an error when the parent POM cannot be loaded (IVY-931)
+- FIX: Maven pom parser is not handling pom property ${project.parent.version} (IVY-955)
 
 - DOCUMENTATION: Filesystem resolver: talks about "patterns" but does not mention these must become absolute file paths (IVY-910)
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.html b/doc/release-notes.html
index 38e11f96..643fef3e 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.html
+++ b/doc/release-notes.html
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ List of changes since Ivy 2.0.0-rc1:
 - FIX: Maven pom license url can contain xml entities (IVY-950)
 - FIX: Maven pom license has name as optional element (IVY-949)
 - FIX: Ivy doesn't throw an error when the parent POM cannot be loaded (IVY-931)
+- FIX: Maven pom parser is not handling pom property ${project.parent.version} (IVY-955)
 
 - DOCUMENTATION: Filesystem resolver: talks about "patterns" but does not mention these must become absolute file paths (IVY-910)
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