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+### Release 2024.7.1 - August 8, 2024
+
+> NOTE: Support for Digital Ocean deployments using CLI commands and related Terraform modules is being deprecated. Although Digital Ocean will no longer be directly supported in future releases, you can still deploy to Digital Ocean infrastructure using the current `existing` deployment option.
+
+## What's Changed
+* Enable authentication by default in jupyter-server by @krassowski in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2288
+* remove dns sleep by @Adam-D-Lewis in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2550
+* Conda-store permissions v2 + load roles from keycloak by @aktech in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2531
+* Restrict public access and add bucket encryption using cmk by @dcmcand in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2525
+* Add overwrite to AWS coredns addon by @dcmcand in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2538
+* Add a default roles at initialisation by @aktech in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2546
+* Hide gallery section if no exhibits are configured by @krassowski in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2549
+* Add note about ~/.bash_profile by @Adam-D-Lewis in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2575
+* Expose jupyterlab-gallery branch and depth options by @krassowski in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2556
+* #2566 Upgrade Jupyterhub ssh image by @arjxn-py in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2576
+* Stop copying unnecessary files into user home directory by @Adam-D-Lewis in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2578
+* Include deprecation notes for init/deploy subcommands by @viniciusdc in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2582
+* Only download jar if file doesn't exist by @Adam-D-Lewis in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2588
+* Remove unnecessary experimental flag by @Adam-D-Lewis in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2606
+* Add typos spell checker to pre-commit by @Adam-D-Lewis in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2568
+* Enh 2451 skip conditionals by @BrianCashProf in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2569
+* Improve codespell support: adjust and concentrate config to pyproject.toml and fix more typos by @yarikoptic in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2583
+* Move codespell config to pyproject.toml only by @Adam-D-Lewis in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2611
+* Add `depends_on` for bucket encryption by @viniciusdc in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2615
+
+## New Contributors
+* @BrianCashProf made their first contribution in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2569
+* @yarikoptic made their first contribution in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/2583
+
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/compare/2024.6.1...2024.7.1
+
+
 ### Release 2024.6.1 - June 26, 2024
 
 > NOTE: This release includes an upgrade to the `kube-prometheus-stack` Helm chart, resulting in a newer version of Grafana. When upgrading your Nebari cluster, you will be prompted to have Nebari update some CRDs and delete a DaemonSet on your behalf. If you prefer, you can also run the commands yourself, which will be shown to you. If you have any custom dashboards, you'll also need to back them up by [exporting them as JSON](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/share-dashboards-panels/#export-a-dashboard-as-json), so you can [import them](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/build-dashboards/import-dashboards/#import-a-dashboard) after upgrading.
diff --git a/src/_nebari/constants.py b/src/_nebari/constants.py
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--- a/src/_nebari/constants.py
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CURRENT_RELEASE = "2024.6.1"
+CURRENT_RELEASE = "2024.7.1"
 
 # NOTE: Terraform cannot be upgraded further due to Hashicorp licensing changes
 # implemented in August 2023.