diff --git a/logback-site/src/site/pages/download.html b/logback-site/src/site/pages/download.html
index 493cf29fb1..54d5f119a5 100755
--- a/logback-site/src/site/pages/download.html
+++ b/logback-site/src/site/pages/download.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	
     <h2>Latest STABLE version</h2>
 
-    <p>The latest stable logback is version
+    <p>The latest stable logback version is
     <span class="big green">${latest.stable.version}</span>. </p>
     
     <h2>EXPERIMENTAL/UNSTABLE requiring SLF4J version ${slf4j.version}</h2>
diff --git a/logback-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/logback-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index f1e54e14bb..7cf3bf5131 100755
--- a/logback-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/logback-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -33,7 +33,17 @@ <h2>Logback News</h2>
     announce</a> mailing list.</p>
 
     <hr width="80%" align="center" />
+    
+    <h3>23rd of December, 2021, Release of version 1.2.10</h3>
+
+    <p>&bull;&nbsp; <code>ContextInitializer</code> no longer
+    complains about missing <em>logback.groovy</em> configuration
+    file. This fixes <a
+    href="https://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-1601">LOGBACK-1601</a>.
+    </p>
 
+    <hr width="80%" align="center" />
+    
     <h3>22nd of December, 2021, Release of version 1.3.0-alpha12</h3>
 
     <p><b>Note that 1.3.0-alpha12 contains the same security related
@@ -72,6 +82,18 @@ <h3>22nd of December, 2021, Release of version 1.3.0-alpha12</h3>
     <a
     href="https://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-1572">LOGBACK-1572</a>.
     </p>
+
+    <p>&bull;&nbsp; Properties in an unreferenced appender no longer
+    cause warnings from <code>ImplicitModelHander</code>. This fixes
+    <a
+    href="https://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-1572">LOGBACK-1572</a>.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>&bull;&nbsp; <code>ContextInitializer</code> no longer
+    complains about missing <em>logback.groovy</em> configuration
+    file. This fixes <a
+    href="https://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-1601">LOGBACK-1601</a>.
+    </p>.
     
     <hr width="80%" align="center" />
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac12390a0c..7f06fe1da9 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   </modules>
 
   <properties>
-    <latest.stable.version>1.2.9</latest.stable.version>
+    <latest.stable.version>1.2.10</latest.stable.version>
     <jdk.version>8</jdk.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>${jdk.version}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${jdk.version}</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <!-- slf4j.version property is used below, in
          logback-classic/pom.xml, /logback-examples/src/main/resources/setClasspath.cmd, download.html
     -->    
-    <slf4j.version>2.0.0-alpha4</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.0-alpha5</slf4j.version>
     <cal10n.version>0.8.1</cal10n.version>
     <consolePlugin.version>1.1.0</consolePlugin.version>
     <tomcat.version>10.0.10</tomcat.version>