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+# RKorAPClient 1.0.0
+
+- Simplified authorization process for accessing restricted data via the new `auth()` function (see `?auth`)
+- Switched from `httr` to `httr2`for all API requests
+- Minimally required R version is now 4.1.0 (released 2021-05-18)
+- Fixed compatibility with upcoming  `ggplot2` 3.6.0 (thanks @teunbrand)
+- Fixed issues with tokenized matches in `corpusQuery` results
+- Fixed smoothing constant in `mergeDuplicateCollocates` function
+- Fixed missing suggested packages in DESCRIPTION (for demos)
+
 # RKorAPClient 0.9.0
 
 - added citation hint, see `citation("RKorAPClient")`