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 # News
 
-This is charybdis 3.5.0, Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Charybdis team.
+This is charybdis 3.5.1, Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Charybdis team.
 See LICENSE for licensing details (GPL v2).
 
+## charybdis-3.5.1
+
+### misc
+- Backport various ssld IPC improvements from master.
+
 ## charybdis-3.5.0
 
 ### server protocol