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diff --git a/python-nbformat.changes b/python-nbformat.changes
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 27 16:58:10 UTC 2022 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- update to version 5.6.1:
+  * Fix handling of "__version__` on Python 3.7.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 22 18:05:13 UTC 2022 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
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 %define doc_ver 5.2.0
 %bcond_without libalternatives
 Name:           python-nbformat
-Version:        5.6.0
+Version:        5.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        The Jupyter Notebook format
 License:        BSD-3-Clause