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 # Changelog
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Dependencies
+
+### API Breaking
+
+### State Machine Breaking
+
+### Improvements
+
+### Features
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
 ## [v7.1.0](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/releases/tag/v7.1.0) - 2023-06-09 
 
 ### Dependencies