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+## 1.5.0 rc3 (February 8, 2019)
+Bugfixes:
+- Fix overflow in RC/DC flush operations
+- Update description in SPEC file and README
+- Fix RoCE source port for dc_mlx5 flow control
+- Improve ucx_info help message
+- Fix segfault in UCP, due to int truncation in count_one_bits()
+
 ## 1.5.0 rc2 (January 15, 2019)
 
 Features: