diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java
index c6c929927f..415652382e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ public Object getOutputTarget() {
      * @since 2.13 (added as replacement for older {@link #getCurrentValue()}
      */
     public Object currentValue() {
-        // TODO: implement directly in 2.14 or later, make getCurrentValue() call this
-        return getCurrentValue();
+        JsonStreamContext ctxt = getOutputContext();
+        return (ctxt == null) ? null : ctxt.getCurrentValue();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -425,20 +425,23 @@ public Object currentValue() {
      * @since 2.13 (added as replacement for older {@link #setCurrentValue}
      */
     public void assignCurrentValue(Object v) {
-        // TODO: implement directly in 2.14 or later, make setCurrentValue() call this
-        setCurrentValue(v);
+        JsonStreamContext ctxt = getOutputContext();
+        if (ctxt != null) {
+            ctxt.setCurrentValue(v);
+        }
     }
 
-    // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     /**
      * Alias for {@link #currentValue()}, to be deprecated in later
      * Jackson 2.x versions (and removed from Jackson 3.0).
      *
      * @return Location of the last processed input unit (byte or character)
+     *
+     * @deprecated Since 2.17 use {@link #currentValue()} instead
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public Object getCurrentValue() {
-        JsonStreamContext ctxt = getOutputContext();
-        return (ctxt == null) ? null : ctxt.getCurrentValue();
+        return currentValue();
     }
 
     // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
@@ -447,12 +450,12 @@ public Object getCurrentValue() {
      * Jackson 2.x versions (and removed from Jackson 3.0).
      *
      * @param v Current value to assign for the current context of this generator
+     *
+     * @deprecated Since 2.17 use {@link #currentValue()} instead
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void setCurrentValue(Object v) {
-        JsonStreamContext ctxt = getOutputContext();
-        if (ctxt != null) {
-            ctxt.setCurrentValue(v);
-        }
+        assignCurrentValue(v);
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/GeneratorBase.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/GeneratorBase.java
index 75b87d2539..9f37a94522 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/GeneratorBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/GeneratorBase.java
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ protected GeneratorBase(int features, ObjectCodec codec, IOContext ioContext, Js
     @Override public Version version() { return PackageVersion.VERSION; }
 
     @Override
-    public Object getCurrentValue() {
+    public Object currentValue() {
         return _writeContext.getCurrentValue();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setCurrentValue(Object v) {
+    public void assignCurrentValue(Object v) {
         if (_writeContext != null) {
             _writeContext.setCurrentValue(v);
         }
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ public void writeStartObject(Object forValue) throws IOException
     {
         writeStartObject();
         if (forValue != null) {
-            setCurrentValue(forValue);
+            assignCurrentValue(forValue);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/JsonGeneratorDelegate.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/JsonGeneratorDelegate.java
index 5879063d62..aec751e7ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/JsonGeneratorDelegate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/JsonGeneratorDelegate.java
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ public JsonGeneratorDelegate(JsonGenerator d, boolean delegateCopyMethods) {
     @Override public void assignCurrentValue(Object v) { delegate.assignCurrentValue(v); }
     @Override public Object currentValue() { return delegate.currentValue(); }
 
-    // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
+    @Deprecated // since 2.17
     @Override
     public void setCurrentValue(Object v) { delegate.setCurrentValue(v); }
 
-    // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
+    @Deprecated // since 2.17
     @Override
     public Object getCurrentValue() { return delegate.getCurrentValue(); }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/TestDelegates.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/TestDelegates.java
index c7290c2744..1cdc1e9ec6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/TestDelegates.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/TestDelegates.java
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ public void testGeneratorDelegateArrays() throws IOException
 
         final Object MARKER = new Object();
         del.writeStartArray(MARKER);
-        assertSame(MARKER, del.getCurrentValue());
+        assertSame(MARKER, del.currentValue());
 
         del.writeArray(new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }, 0, 3);
         del.writeArray(new long[] { 1, 123456, 2 }, 1, 1);
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public void testGeneratorDelegateComments() throws IOException
 
         final Object MARKER = new Object();
         del.writeStartArray(MARKER, 5);
-        assertSame(MARKER, del.getCurrentValue());
+        assertSame(MARKER, del.currentValue());
 
         del.writeNumber((short) 1);
         del.writeNumber(12L);