diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
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@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ This is built on the Jupyter Notebook v6.4.12 and IPython 8.5.0 (more notes will
## Version 5.2.1
- PTV-1900 - a previous bugfix exposed an issue in the SpeciesTreeBuilder apps. This provides a workaround to keep those apps running.
+- PTV-1687 - update favicon
### Dependency Changes
- Python dependency updates
- - coverage: 7.2.7 -> 7.3.0
+ - coverage: 7.2.7 -> 7.3.1
- cryptography: 41.0.2 -> 41.0.4
- pygments: 2.15.1 -> 2.16.1
- pymongo: 4.4.1 -> 4.5.0
diff --git a/kbase-extension/kbase_templates/page.html b/kbase-extension/kbase_templates/page.html
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--- a/kbase-extension/kbase_templates/page.html
+++ b/kbase-extension/kbase_templates/page.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
{% block title %}KBase Narrative{% endblock %}
- {% block favicon %}{% endblock %}
+ {% block favicon %}{% endblock %}
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--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# clustergrammer_widget
beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
black==23.7.0
-coverage==7.3.0
+coverage==7.3.1
cryptography==41.0.4
decorator==5.1.1
flake8==6.1.0