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-# Replicated Security <v*.*.*>  Release Notes
+# Replicated Security v4.1.0  Release Notes
 
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-❗ ***Note this release is ONLY relevant to <consumers/providers>***
+❗ ***Note this release is ONLY relevant to providers***
 
 ## 📝 Changelog
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-Check out the [changelog](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/blob/<v*.*.*>/CHANGELOG.md) for a list of relevant changes or [compare all changes](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/compare/release/<v-last>...<v*.*.*>) from last release.
+Check out the [changelog](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/blob/v4.1.0/CHANGELOG.md) for a list of relevant changes or [compare all changes](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/compare/v4.0.0...v4.1.0) from last release.
 
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-Refer to the [upgrading guide](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/blob/release/<v*.x>/UPGRADING.md) when migrating from `<v-last.x>` to `<v*.x>`.
+Refer to the [upgrading guide](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/blob/release/v4.1.x/UPGRADING.md) when migrating from `v4.0.x` to `v4.1.x`.
 
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 ## 🚀 Highlights
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-## ❤️ Contributors
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-* Informal Systems ([@informalinc](https://twitter.com/informalinc))
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-This list is non-exhaustive and ordered alphabetically.  
-Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!
+This release introduces epochs that reduce the costs of relaying IBC packets for ICS.
+In addition it introduces queries to retrieve the send timestamp of the oldest unconfirmed VSCPacket by chain id and
+for current values of all provider parameters.