diff --git a/metadata/rules/README.md b/metadata/rules/README.md
index 1a121d2a..217210c1 100644
--- a/metadata/rules/README.md
+++ b/metadata/rules/README.md
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ If an annotation has GO_REF:0000118 (GAF column 6, GPAD column 5) and the taxon
 ## Annotations to term that are candidates for obsoletion should be removed
 
  * id: [GORULE:0000065](https://github.com/geneontology/go-site/blob/master/metadata/rules/gorule-0000065.md)
- * status: approved
+ * status: implemented
 
 
 Terms scheduled for obsoletion are identified by the subset gocheck_obsoletion_candidate. 
diff --git a/metadata/rules/gorule-0000065.md b/metadata/rules/gorule-0000065.md
index 8eb8a1eb..f202a779 100644
--- a/metadata/rules/gorule-0000065.md
+++ b/metadata/rules/gorule-0000065.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ id: GORULE:0000065
 title: "Annotations to term that are candidates for obsoletion should be removed"
 type: report
 fail_mode: soft
-status: approved
+status: implemented
 contact: "go-quality@lists.stanford.edu"
 implementations:
   - language: python
diff --git a/pipeline/requirements.txt b/pipeline/requirements.txt
index fd6f11f4..b717e52d 100644
--- a/pipeline/requirements.txt
+++ b/pipeline/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PyYAML
-ontobio==2.9.11
+ontobio==2.9.12
 click
 pyparsing==2.4.7
 antlr4-python3-runtime==4.9.3