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-fix: ensure app.builder.outdir is a Path object
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+chore: update CHANGELOG for v1.1.7
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 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+`1.1.7 <https://github.com/ansys/ansys-sphinx-theme/releases/tag/v1.1.7>`_ - 2024-10-23
+=======================================================================================
+
+Miscellaneous
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- fix: ensure app.builder.outdir is a Path object `#565 <https://github.com/ansys/ansys-sphinx-theme/pull/565>`_
+
 `1.1.6 <https://github.com/ansys/ansys-sphinx-theme/releases/tag/v1.1.6>`_ - 2024-10-18
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