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 OMERO version history
 =====================
 
+5.6.13 (August 2024)
+--------------------
+
+This release reverts a change to the build process introduced in 5.6.12 that resulted in
+unused copies of old jars being included in the release.
+
+
 5.6.12 (July 2024)
 ------------------