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+## Version 1.3.18.0
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+Compatible with OpenSearch 1.3.18
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+### Maintenance
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+* Bump bouncycastle to 1.78.1 and kafka to 3.7.0 ([#4437](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/4437))