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diff --git a/python-bitarray.changes b/python-bitarray.changes
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@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 15 13:59:36 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 2.7.2:
+  * speedup all count functionality by using
+    ``__builtin_popcountll`` when available
+  * add ``popcount64()`` to ``bitarray.h`` - we assume now that
+    ``uint64_t`` is always available
+  * improve testing
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 10 17:42:13 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-bitarray.spec b/python-bitarray.spec
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 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-bitarray
-Version:        2.7.1
+Version:        2.7.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Efficient Arrays of Booleans
 License:        Python-2.0