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 Releases
 ========
 
+v1.11.1 (20th Sep 2013)
+-----------------------
+
+* #162: Clean up HMAC module import to avoid deadlocks in certain uses of
+  SSHClient. Thanks to Gernot Hillier for the catch & suggested
+  fix.
+
 v1.10.3 (20th Sep 2013)
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