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 # [Version 2.10.0 to 2.11.0](./docs/changes/2.11.0.md)
 
+# [Version 2.11.0 to 2.12.0](./docs/changes/2.12.0.md)
+
 # Planned for next version
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
-* [GH-428/GH-392](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/428) SCP client fails silently when error signalled due to missing file or lacking permissions
-* [GH-434](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/434) Ignore unknown key types from agent or in OpenSSH host keys extension
-
-
 ## New Features
 
-* [GH-429](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/429) Support GIT protocol-v2
-* [GH-445](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/445) OpenSSH "strict key exchange" protocol extension ([CVE-2023-48795](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48795) mitigation)
-
 ## Behavioral changes and enhancements
 
-### New `ScpTransferEventListener` callback method
-
-Following [GH-428/GH-392](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/428) a new `handleReceiveCommandAckInfo` method has been added to enable users to inspect
-acknowledgements of a `receive` related command. The user is free to inspect the command that was attempted as well as the response code and decide how
-to handle it - including even throwing an exception if OK status (if this makes sense for whatever reason). The default implementation checks for ERROR code and throws
-an exception if so.
-
-### OpenSSH protocol extension: strict key exchange
-
-[GH-445](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/445) implements an extension to the SSH protocol introduced
-in OpenSSH 9.6. This ["strict key exchange" extension](https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/master/PROTOCOL)
-hardens the SSH key exchange against the ["Terrapin attack"](https://www.terrapin-attack.com/)
-([CVE-2023-48795](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48795)). The extension is active if both parties
-announce their support for it at the start of the initial key exchange. If only one party announces support,
-it is not activated to ensure compatibility with SSH implementations that do not implement it. Apache MINA sshd
-clients and servers always announce their support for strict key exchange.
-
 ## Potential compatibility issues
 
 ## Major Code Re-factoring
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+# Introduced in 2.12.0
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+* [GH-428/GH-392](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/428) SCP client fails silently when error signalled due to missing file or lacking permissions
+* [GH-434](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/434) Ignore unknown key types from agent or in OpenSSH host keys extension
+
+
+## New Features
+
+* [GH-429](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/429) Support GIT protocol-v2
+* [GH-445](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/445) OpenSSH "strict key exchange" protocol extension ([CVE-2023-48795](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48795) mitigation)
+
+## Behavioral changes and enhancements
+
+### New `ScpTransferEventListener` callback method
+
+Following [GH-428/GH-392](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/428) a new `handleReceiveCommandAckInfo` method has been added to enable users to inspect
+acknowledgements of a `receive` related command. The user is free to inspect the command that was attempted as well as the response code and decide how
+to handle it - including even throwing an exception if OK status (if this makes sense for whatever reason). The default implementation checks for ERROR code and throws
+an exception if so.
+
+### OpenSSH protocol extension: strict key exchange
+
+[GH-445](https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd/issues/445) implements an extension to the SSH protocol introduced
+in OpenSSH 9.6. This ["strict key exchange" extension](https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/master/PROTOCOL)
+hardens the SSH key exchange against the ["Terrapin attack"](https://www.terrapin-attack.com/)
+([CVE-2023-48795](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48795)). The extension is active if both parties
+announce their support for it at the start of the initial key exchange. If only one party announces support,
+it is not activated to ensure compatibility with SSH implementations that do not implement it. Apache MINA sshd
+clients and servers always announce their support for strict key exchange.
+
+## Potential compatibility issues
+
+## Major Code Re-factoring
+