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diff --git a/python-cftime.changes b/python-cftime.changes
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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 26 19:50:01 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
+
+- Update to version 1.6.1
+ * fix failing tests on windows with numpy 1.23.0 (issue #278)
+ * expose to_tuple module function in public API.
+ 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar 27 14:54:45 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-cftime.spec b/python-cftime.spec
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 # no numpy for Python 3.6
 %define skip_python36 1
 Name:           python-cftime
-Version:        1.6.0
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Time-handling functionality from netcdf4-python
 License:        MIT