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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ website will have to do for older versions.
 
 This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
  - Anubhav Choudhary (SoK success!)
+ - Emmanuel Arias (new contributor! welcome!)
  - Erik Dubois
  - Jerrod Frost (new contributor! welcome!)
  - Joe Kamprad