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+## 0.17.1 / 2025-02-26
+
+* [BUGFIX] Fix: Handle incoming labels with invalid UTF-8 #1131
+
 ## 0.17.0 / 2025-02-16
 
 ## What's Changed
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-0.17.0
+0.17.1