diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 626f247dc..0bb55bae9 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 1273 (4.0a4)
 X fix typo in extensions= arg
+X update batik to 1.14
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/192
 
 
 _ why does japplemenubar.JAppleMenuBar.hide(); still work?
diff --git a/java/libraries/svg/build.xml b/java/libraries/svg/build.xml
index 1b9ae317e..f36a3a9b7 100644
--- a/java/libraries/svg/build.xml
+++ b/java/libraries/svg/build.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <delete file="library/svg.jar" />
   </target>
 
-  <property name="batik.version" value="1.13" />
+  <property name="batik.version" value="1.14" />
   <!-- the .zip file to be downloaded -->
   <property name="batik.zip" value="batik-bin-${batik.version}.zip" />
   <!-- the .jar file that's the actual dependency -->
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 6afcbdc3c..dd9de71f6 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ o   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/47
 o next video release
 o   https://github.com/processing/processing-video/milestone/1
 
+contribs
+X many updates in the docs portion of the repo
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/pull/191
+
+_ when lib downloads (batik) go dead, fallback to the download.processing.org version
+_   or for now, tell users how to do it manually
 
 windows/scaling
 _ we're turning off automatic UI scaling in Windows, should we turn it back on?