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 ### Fixed
 
+## [2.2.1] - 2026-05-11
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+### Fixed
+* Removed `mkl` as runtime dependency to avoid possible `pip check` failures [gh-322](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl_fft/pull/322)
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 ## [2.2.0] - 2026-04-16
 
 ### Added