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+## Version 2.11.1.0 Release Notes
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+Compatible with OpenSearch 2.11.1
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+### Infrastructure
+* Make sure not hardcoding user name when switching to uid 1000 on CI.yml [#1252](https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/pull/1252)