diff --git a/assembly/.gitrepo b/assembly/.gitrepo
index 196ae02583..90e52325b4 100644
--- a/assembly/.gitrepo
+++ b/assembly/.gitrepo
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
[subrepo]
remote = git@github.com:daisy/pipeline-assembly.git
branch = master
- commit = cac8f03f95d4ec82d2bbe935e5b2439840037301
- parent = 535dcdf3ac5f48a5cea010f9d43c203746fc727e
+ commit = 69a859f57e3ef5693f72e33eb5154490890843bf
+ parent = 2077c566e615658c4f952d96f5fc3446e8aa0c21
cmdver = 0.3.1
diff --git a/assembly/NEWS.md b/assembly/NEWS.md
index 8e0965f62c..6dade7bd95 100644
--- a/assembly/NEWS.md
+++ b/assembly/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+Changes in release v1.14.21
+===========================
+
+## Modules
+
+- **FIX** Support master SMIL in DAISY 2.02 validator script
+- **FIX** Timeout errors in speech synthesis
+- Major refactoring and other changes to braille production scripts, see release notes of braille modules [v1.14.30](https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-modules/blob/master/braille/NEWS.md#v11430)
+- Added "espeak-" prefix to eSpeak voice names
+- Other bugfixes and improvements
+
+Backwards incompatibility note: renamed "tts" option to "audio" in EPUB 3 enhancer script
+
+## Details
+
+See [all the closed issues of this release](https://github.com/orgs/daisy/projects/7). To view using the [Github CLI](https://cli.github.com/): `gh project --owner daisy item-list 7`
+
Changes in release v1.14.20
===========================
diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index d7c5a70a83..0e18c87310 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
org.daisy.pipeline
assembly
- 1.14.21-SNAPSHOT
+ 1.14.22-SNAPSHOT
jar
DAISY Pipeline 2 :: Assembly
Builds the main distribution of the DAISY Pipeline 2.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
HEAD
- 2.2.0
+ 2.2.1
-
- com.microsoft.cognitiveservices.speech
- client-sdk
- 1.37.0
-
com.nwalsh
diff --git a/assembly/src/main/resources/README.txt b/assembly/src/main/resources/README.txt
index 5877a3bf64..132bb6e821 100644
--- a/assembly/src/main/resources/README.txt
+++ b/assembly/src/main/resources/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- DAISY Pipeline 2 - 1.14.20 - October 11, 2024
+ DAISY Pipeline 2 - 1.14.21 - January 6, 2024
==============================================================================
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ The package includes:
3. Release Notes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-The package includes the 1.14.20 version of the project.
+The package includes the 1.14.21 version of the project.
See the release notes on this page:
- https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-assembly/blob/master/NEWS.md#changes-in-release-v11420
+ https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-assembly/blob/master/NEWS.md#changes-in-release-v11421
4. Prerequisites
------------------------------------------------------------------------------