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 Release notes
 =============
 
+.. _release-2.6.3:
+
+Scrapy 2.6.3 (to be determined)
+-------------------------------
+
+Support pyOpenSSL_ 22.1.0 (:issue:`5634`, :issue:`5635`, :issue:`5636`).
+
+
 .. _release-2.6.2:
 
 Scrapy 2.6.2 (2022-07-25)