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 == Changelog ==
 
+= 16.1.2 =
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+* Footnotes: increase selector specificity for anchor (https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/52179)
+
+
 = 16.2.0-rc.1 =