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+# 4.6.1
+
+The v4.6.1 release fixes a number of issues in the 4.6 releases.
+
+## Fixes
+
+ * [#7543](https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/7543) - Donut polygon labels do not get a chance to get rendered ([@ahocevar](https://github.com/ahocevar))
+ * [#7542](https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/7542) - Still respect deprecated exceedLength option ([@ahocevar](https://github.com/ahocevar))
+ * [#7541](https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/7541) - Fix case of vectorrendertype.js ([@ahocevar](https://github.com/ahocevar))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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 {
   "name": "openlayers",
-  "version": "4.6.0",
+  "version": "4.6.1",
   "description": "Build tools and sources for developing OpenLayers based mapping applications",
   "keywords": [
     "map",
diff --git a/package/package.json b/package/package.json
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 {
   "name": "ol",
-  "version": "4.6.0",
+  "version": "4.6.1",
   "description": "OpenLayers as ES2015 modules",
   "main": "index.js",
   "module": "index.js",