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 w3lib release notes
 ===================
 
+2.2.1 (2024-06-12)
+------------------
+
+- :func:`~w3lib.url.canonicalize_url` no longer applies lowercase to the
+  userinfo URL component. (#229, #230)
+
 2.2.0 (2024-06-05)
 ------------------