diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ Welcome to the Home of ESAPI 3.x
News
==========
-2 Sept 2014 - We are gearing up to get some great stuff done at AppSecUSA in Denver this month. We'll be announcing our schedule and where we'll be at the conference soon! Stay tuned!
+First off, if you are looking for a version of ESAPI to use with your JVM-based project, this is not the one you are looking for. Instead, you want the latest ESAPI 2.x version from [esapi-java-legacy](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy). This ESAPI repo is for the development of ESAPI 3 which
+is still in the _very early_ planning stages. The code that is currently in this GitHub repo (as of 2020-07-17) is likely to be completely rewritten, possibly several times, therefore please do not bother to submit PRs or GitHub issues relating to outdated or vulnerable dependencies. ESAPI 3 has not been released, even as a Release Candidate and we will make sure all the dependencies are updated when we do get around to making RC versions available.
+If you wish to participate, please sign up for the Google Group "[esapi-project-dev](mailto:esapi-project-dev@owasp.org)", and feel free to start a new discussion thread. Note you MUST subscribe to the Google Group list before you may POST to it. [Subscribe to ESAPI Developers list](https://groups.google.com/a/owasp.org/forum/#!forum/esapi-project-dev/join).
-For more information on ESAPI or information on ESAPI 2.x please visit our wiki page at https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Enterprise_Security_API
+Notes
+==========
+For more information on ESAPI or information on ESAPI 2.x please visit our wiki page at https://owasp.org/www-project-enterprise-security-api/ and before you start using ESAPI, do yourself a favor and be sure to read the "[Should I use ESAPI?](https://owasp.org/www-project-enterprise-security-api/#div-shouldiuseesapi)" tab there.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
org.testng
testng
- 6.8.5
+ 7.7.0
test
@@ -158,4 +158,4 @@
-
\ No newline at end of file
+