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+# 2.1.1
+
+July 5th 2024
+
+## What's Changed
+* [PAN-1998] Upgrade to hexbytes 1.x by @markuslevonyak in https://github.com/pantos-io/common/pull/42
+
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pantos-io/common/compare/2.1.0...2.1.1
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 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pantos-common"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 description = "Common code for Pantos off-chain components."
 authors = ["Pantos GmbH <contact@pantos.io>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"