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 =============
 
 
-Next release
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+2.5.0
+-----
+
+
+This release will be the last to support Python 3.5, next version of Zarr will be Python 3.6+.
 
 * `DirectoryStore` now uses `os.scandir`, which should make listing large store
   faster, :issue:`563`