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 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+v1.9.1
+------
+* Backport fix for including VERSION file in package. See [#265](https://github.com/tilezen/tilequeue/pull/265).
+
 v1.9.0
 ------
 * Add additional postgres support to toi (tiles-of-interest) gardening. See [#204](https://github.com/tilezen/tilequeue/pull/204).
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-1.9.0
+1.9.1