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+layout: changelog
+---
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+* #609 Enable robot to hear thread_broadcast subtype messages - thanks @nitoyon
+
+Here is the list of all the issues/pull requests in this release: https://github.com/slackapi/hubot-slack/issues?q=milestone%3A4.8.1
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 {
   "name": "hubot-slack",
-  "version": "4.8.0",
+  "version": "4.8.1",
   "description": "A Slack adapter for hubot",
   "main": "./slack",
   "scripts": {