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+## What's Changed
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+* fix: failed to marshal JSON for types.Any by @maharifu in https://github.com/palomachain/pigeon/pull/403
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+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/palomachain/pigeon/compare/v1.12.0...v1.12.1