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 ## News
 For details on the latest updates, see the [Changelog](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/blob/master/Changelog).
 
+06/17/2024: Version [1.7.1](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/netCDF4/1.7.1) released. Fixes for wheels, no code changes.
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 06/13/2024: Version [1.7.0](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/netCDF4/1.7.0) released. Add support for complex numbers via `auto_complex` keyword to `Dataset` ([PR #1295](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/pull/1295))
 
 10/20/2023: Version [1.6.5](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/netCDF4/1.6.5) released.